he doesn't mention kim jong—un. that is not going to satisfy the family and it will certainly leave some republicans and undoubtedly many democrats feeling that the president has not gone far enough. it is very clear that president trump wants to defend his relationship with kim jong—un. even though this was an u nsuccessful jong—un. even though this was an unsuccessful summit, he continues to believe there is potentially a deal to be done between america and north korea. but what worries some within his own party, what worries even some of his own very vocal supporters, is that he continues to praise kim jong—un. if you supporters, is that he continues to praise kimjong—un. if you look supporters, is that he continues to praise kim jong—un. if you look at what he said about him, he said he was somebody he believes was very smart and was somebody he believes was very smartand a was somebody he believes was very smart and a real leader. given the north korean regime, those are pretty strong words, and it of course fo

he deepened his relationship with kim jong-un. i don't view it as a failure at all when anatio interests are protected. >> brennan: but to be clear, north korea still has not agreed to denuclearize as the u.s. defines? it. >> not as we have defined it, although they have committed this public and regimes in north korea four or five times in writing to denuke cries. >> brennan: so that doesn't mean much to to you? >> which we expect them to do if they reach an agreement with us. >> on the specific a seen 0 your state department official spoke to reporters and said what the north koreans proposed specifically was about dissonant ling the three-mile pyongyang complex which he defined as the total at this of north korea 0's plutonium reprocessing and enrichment program in exchange for lifting all sanctions except those on the weapon programs. did the u.s. make a counteroffer? >> well, the counteroffer has been there from the beginning, from the very first summit back in singapore, which is if north korea commits to complete denucleari

when you hear president trump praising kim jong-un and saying that he believes that kim jong-un didn't know what happened to otto warmbier, i'm wondering what your perspective is on that? >> well, first, our hearts are with warmbier family for their courage, for their patience, for their putting up with this amazing, amazing political ex pee pediency on the part of donald trump. i have a special connection with otto. he was a student of university of virginia, same school, thomas jefferson's university where captain khan went to school. >> your son. >> where i feel a special connection with otto and he never will be forgotten. we want the warmbier family to know that we stand with them, america stands with them, all decent america stands with them. now, it is -- i had said that two years ago and i have repeated that several times, that donald trump lacks empathy. most unfit person for the office of the president of the united states, time after time my statement is proven correct. we will continue to be embarrassed as the leaders of our national security have been embarrassed by donald

i don't think kim jong-un is on the level. the president believes putin as opposed to believing his own intelligence leadership. again, i note the president said that, but it is strange. i don't know, there is something wrong with putin, kim jong-un, in my view. the president chooses to believe. >> what should the consequence be if the president did finally come -- campaign finance laws while in office? say, what we are doing here, we're constantly busy. i did not sit down and watch the proceedings yesterday. but i do know what i saw in the thatting of many of you, chairman cummings was just a magnificent maestro, and each and every one of our members did a very good job in trying to elicit the truth, to try to get to the facts. as they said confirms things that they have heard otherwise, and some of it, as you heard, was possibly new. some of the high-profile statements seem new. positionm not in any , but thatwhat he said would be mr. cummings, i trust his judgment and he had some questions about suspicions that might be tru

he said kim jong un denied knowing about it and he believed him. i don't believe kim jong un is on the level and the president has believed putin over his own intelligence officials. the president said that but it's strange. there's something wrong with putin, kim jong un, in my view, thugs, that the president chooses to believe. >> what should the consequence be the president did violate campaign finance laws while in office? >> i haven't -- let me just say, i read you what we're doing here. we're constantly busy. so i didn't sit dun and watch the proceedings yesterday but i do know what i saw in the reporting of many of you, that chairman cummings was just a magnificent maestro and each and every one of our members did a very good job in trying to elist -- elicit the truth to try to get to the facts. some of it was confirmation, as jerry connolly said. some of it confirmed things they had heard otherwise. some of it as you heard was possibly new. some of the high profile statements seemed new. this, again, i not in any am position to verify what

this is the scene live in hanoi now, as kim jong—un‘s train waits for him at the station.back to north korea on a four day train trip. he may stop off in china, we're not sure but obviously a lot of people waiting for him there, vietnamese and north korean flags waving there and north korean flags waving there and many people waiting for him to leave. of course, we will bring you those pictures as soon as we get them. our south—east asia correspondentjonathan head is in hanoi and earlier told us more about what kim jong—un last few hours in the city were like, and what he made of the failed summit with president trump. —— kim jong—un‘s. well, he's just been visiting the mausoleum of the legendary vietnamese independence leader, ho chi minh. of course, something that his grandfather did while ho chi minh was alive back in 1958 and 1964, at a time when north korea was a relatively successful socialist economy, helping a poor and struggling vietnam. kim jong—un, in some ways, has quite consciously followed in the footsteps of his grandfather. he likes the fact that he looks l

kim jong—un is to meet with the vietnamese prime minister.at, long—term? he's talking about learning from vietnam's economic success. it is all done in the name of socialist fraternity. these are two of the last communist ruled countries left on earth, and lots of the language is couched in this rather archaic way we used to see between meetings between communist countries. i think the inspiration of vietnam and its economic success is very important to him. whether he can go as far, even as close to what vietnam has done right now, is a big question. north korea is very isolated. this economy is thoroughly integrated into the global trading network, it is a member of asean and is a partner of the united states. it is not at all clear how far down that will north korea can go. but this is one of the few countries he could visit where he would feel com pletely co mforta ble. this has still been a slightly different chip than the one when he went to singapore. it was a novelty seeing him there, and the walkaround that he did, we haven't seen th

kim jong-un came by train to vietnam and drove the rest of the way. i have been to hanoi, and south korea. from the last call is chris, in falls church, virginia, on the independent line. caller: my question goes back to the $22 trillion debt and what has not been done about it through multiple congresses. that there is a failure to deal with the debt on both sides. really becomes the number one national security issue over the next decade or so. to me there is a barrier where the more popular from a pulling standpoint whether it is a border wall issue or a green new deal takes the spotlight in 2020, the you think it is reasonable to introduce a bill for term limits for congress soaking get a new people in there who are willing to deal with the pressing issues, rather than those who want to skirt tough problems and the solutions are not palatable to either base? term limits, if you go back to the federalist papers -- to limit somebody who is doing a good job would be a mistake. you as a voter has the ability to term limit anybody. the people in the re

larry, let's start with trump, kim jong un, and otto warmbier. why is president trump giving kim jong un a pass on otto warmbier? >> the kindest explanation would probably be that he had just had an unsuccessful summit with kim jong un and he was trying to maintain some cordiality in the hope that an agreement could be reached in the near future. awise it otherwise, it's almost impossible to understand although he has a lengthy history of taking care of authoritarians and justifying the outrageous acts they perpetrate on others. >> he gave him a pass on the murder of jamal khashoggi. why does the president give these authoritarian rulers, why does he give them a pass? >> i wish i were a psychologist instead of a political scientist and i'd probably have a better answer for you, but it's pretty obvious to anybody that's studied trump's career pre-presidential as well as presidential that he is authoritarian by nature. he enjoys the company of other authoritarians. i think he wishes that he has powers equivalent to theirs so in a way he looks up to

he tried the term approach and tried to talk up his love of kim jong-un.the dole. as he conducts this attempt to promote peace in korea. we have moved on.as he conducts promote peace in korea. we have moved on.deal. as he conducts this attempt to promote peace in korea. we have moved on. he has too keep in mind who kim is and who north korea are. they are the most terrible violators of human rights. >> shannon: the contrast to his efforts in north korea was michael cohen being here on capitol hill. behind closed doors and in public as well. >> it was a productive interview. he shed light on issues core to our intrftion. -- investigation. >> the democrats intention is for this investigation to go through 2020 into the next election. there is no question about it. if they don't find evidence of collusion which they have not, then they will look for something else. >> shannon: that may be the president's tax returns. a spokesperson for nancy pelosi said they will do everythings in including litigation to get the president's tax returns. here's part of it. the

president trump essentially letting kim jong-un off the hook. what do you think of president trump's response, also saying he was misinterpreted? >> reporter: well, i think what we see time and again is that the president's first instinct is to side with the strong men and against american values against american intelligence, against american information. and we saw that happen here. whether it is putin with russia, or on the issue of the journalists in saudi arabia, or here, you see the president first and foremost supporting the point of view that he is being given by someone, who by all accounts should not be trusted. so whether the president wants to characterize that as being misunderstood, it's a pattern. from that pattern, some troubling conclusions can be drawn. >> amy, i also want to talk with you about another story that has washington insiders questioning whether president trump's family is getting special treatment. the chairman of theous oversight committee demanding they turn over documents that he personally intervene in a securi

with a magical "cp time" and kim jong un breaks president trump's heart.let's catch up on today's headlines. ♪ israel, it's the country that three major religions call "the holy land." but today the people of israel are saying holy crap! >> breaking news out of israel where prime minister netanyahu has been indicted. the israeli attorney general announcing on charges of bribe bring and fraud. >> netanyahu allidged accepted more than $100,000 worth of cigars and sam shane from a man he gave political and business favors to. >> trevor: that's right, israel's prime minister has been indicted for corruption. and look, guys, i'm all for corruption, but you have to have standards, report? how are you going to be a world leader getting bribed with sam pain and cigars? that is such a trashy thing. that's what poor people think rich people would like, champagne and cigars. that's $100,000 in gifts. $100,000 is what some idiot paid to go to the fire festival. you have to think bigger. according to authorities, the bribes also included mariah marh carey tickets. i'm,

kim jong-un is back to pyongyang.orth korea is portraying the summit as a success that deepened the trust between the two leaders. it's a different story for mr. trump. he left without a deal and upset the parents of otto warmbier. here is mr. trump's response when asked by supporters whether he raised the issue with the north korean leader, kim jong-un. >> he felt badly. he knew the case very well. he tells me he didn't know about it. i will take him at his word. >> that provoked this angry response from warmbier's family. >> kim and his evil regime are responsible for the death of otto. they are responsible for cruelty and inhumanity. no excuses or lavish praise can change that. president trump says he was misinterpreted. he says he was the one that got their son out of north korea and he holds north korea responsible. an adviser to president trump, kelli kellyanne conway had this to say. >> the president is saying that there's no indication chairman kim knew what happened when it happened. >> critics, though, say m

of the north korean leader kim jong un. c.c.t.v. footage from february twenty seven teen shows him a kuala lumpur international airport in malaysia at this point it's alleged the women smeared the deadly nerve agent x. me on his face. here he's seen describing to security guards want happened and is a schoolteacher to the medical clinic at the airport. just minutes later he collapsed he died on the way to hospital. but c.g.i. sure has always denied murder claiming she and another woman were tricked into carrying the nerve agent by north korean spies part of a prank for a reality t.v. show the stew truly believe she's really a scapegoat and she's innocent. there was no direct evidence that she had played anything on you don't know the fact that it was that will follow did not have to be in the of city a shot but for don t. one of the other person accused of kim jong un's assassination no such frippery the vietnamese seen here on the left is sent to be traumatised that she has not also been freed. it's still unclear why city

kim jong—nam, the strange half of the north korean leader, kim jong—un, often travelled around southn north korea any more. but he suddenly died two years ago, and it turned out he had been killed in this extraordinary way. it was very shocking, in an international airport, clearly using a deadly nerve agent was very risky for passengers. and for a while, malaysia pretty much broke off relations with north korea, or downgraded them, and it shows just how far north korea is willing to go to get to people who they believe are hostile to the regime. having said that, all the governments in the region now seem to be trying to manage their relations with north korea. we saw kim jong—un in vietnam's just at the beginning of this month, being treated as a visiting head of state, with no mention apparently being made of the fact that a vietnamese woman is on trial here for something he is believed to have ordered. western—backed fighters beseiging the last patch of territory in syria occupied by islamic state, say they have now reached the middle of a camp once controlled by the militant gro

. -- certaindown with kim jong-un. president trump: we decided we wanted to walk. >> this was an embarrassing defeat for the president of the united states on the world stage. >> i think he did the right thing in walking away with no deal. my guess is donald trump invested way too much in terms of his personal relationship with kim. >> i think it's a positive step and not a setback. howie: does he deserve credit for rejecting a bad deal. nancy pelosi and alexandria ocasio-cortez warn moderate democrats after a gun control vote, they could face consequences. plus an exposee on facebook censors, they say they are so traumatized they are smoking dope, having sex in stairwells or embracing conspiracy theories. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." [♪] cbs, nbc and abc in a rare move joined the cable news networks in airing the house testimony of the man who was donald trump's fixer for more than a decade. he'll be serving a 3-year prison term for lying. this time he says he's telling the truth. >> i'm ashamed i chose t

president donald trump cunt short his summit in vietnam with north korean leader kim jong un today he says kim wanted all sanctions lifted kim's people say they only wanted partial relief on trump is headed back to the u.s. capitol where a political firestorm rages his former attorney has accused him of crimes committed before and after truong became u.s. president tonight from hawaii to washington the question following the president who's telling the truth i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. basically they want of the sanctions lifted. is there to. do couldn't do that i don't think don't trump president trump could afford to do let's close unquote that deal here and i don't think they were willing to deal with the english portion of the areas that we want to deal if you're jealous of him and i'm not willing to hear. that it would be the best as you know we couldn't give up losing jobs for this so we continue to work and we'll see which we can do to. walk away from the think situation i wonder whether you would ever reach agreement with the u.s. to do more if he did was the b

"trump, moon, and the whole world is being deceived by kim jong-un," he says.south korean government kim is not goin tobu give up nuclear weapons it went to the united states and said kim is ready to give up nuclear weapons. prident trump accepted that and believed it until today." they may not be said that the latest trump-kim summit has co to nothing, but many others feel massively disappointed. this is the road to north korea and to a large south korean-run industrial zone that used to employ tens of thousands of north korean workers. three yearsgo in the face of northorn missile tests, it was completely shut down. hopes were high that the hanoi summit could leadit t reopening. now those hopes have been dashed a factory outside seoul, hexp isining how these machines make terminals that go inside mobile phones. until three years ago, the also-ran another -- he also ran another, much bigger factor across the border in kaeson. "we are devaated," he tells . "we thought it was going to work out. i don't know what i'm supposed to do now. i don't know how much t ha

and i don't think that he believes kim jong-un. >> he is in love with kim jong-un! they have a love affair.>> when he says i believe, i don't think he really does believe. i think he's putting the charm on because he will meet with him again. and he is the same with vladimir putin. kennedy: but he does it with the wrong people. that is the problem. he kind of had a bromance with emmanuel macron for a while. >> did not last. stephen kim jong-un and vladimir putin and these are bad people. i don't think we can stare into their eyes -- >> he could be trying to lead him into a good place. they saying that they will be the next vietnam. if -- this is a hell of a lot better than being -- through a normalized relations with vietnam are much better than isolated hellhole where their own people are starved to death and they suffer from -- >> nothing good is happening there so there's an opportunity for someone at some point to open the country up to the rest of the world. i don't know that it will happen anytime soon because clearly they thought they would pull a fast one he

there are a couple problems with president trump believing kim jong-un.er one, it's morally suspect, you know? it's a terrible problem there. and number two, i mean, if he believes kim jong-un, what kind of faith are we supposed to have in his national security judgment? so it's a problem. >> yeah, and you bring me to my next point, joseph. cnn's jake tapper, he asked about the pattern of trump accepting foreign leaders' words over the u.s. community. trump said he believed putin when he denied election meddling, believing when he was not claiming to be responsible for jamal khashoggi's death. >> as i said, the position set by the president is we want a full accounting from the saudis. i think that's entirely consistent with finding out getting to the bottom of what happened. >> peter, when president trump says he didn't tell me he knew about it, referring to kim jong-un, and i will take him at his word, isn't that completely taking the side of kim jong-un, and that's a disturbing pattern we're seeing about how the president sides with autocrats around th

i doubt that would offend kim jong un's delicate sensibilities.is walking past a 7 foot tall portrait of himself at the airport. maybe it was this that made the talks deteriorate. >> i am providing the committee today with several documents. copies of letters i wrote at mr. trump's direction that threatened his high school colleges and college board not to release his grades or sat scores. >> again, not sure that the murderous dictator of the most oppressive and brutal regime of the world would care about what the president got on the verbal section of the sat's in the early 1960s. so maybe the president's point was and if you can at all avoid it, i would recommend not trying to follow the president's tweet logic, especially if you're prone to migraines but maybe simply having the hearing was a bad look while he's overseas and that contributed to the break down. well, pass the tylenol because he said it was about the sanctions. he also said it was simply time for him to fly. >> it was a very interesting two days and it was a very productive two da

isn't it double trouble kunt short his summit in vietnam with north korean leader kim jong un today he says kim wanted all sanctions lifted kim's people say they only wanted partial relief on trump is headed back to the u.s. capitol where a political firestorm rages his former attorney has accused him of crimes committed before and after trial became u.s. president tonight from hawaii to washington the question following the president who's telling the truth i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day. basically of the one of the sanctions lifted. into. two couldn't do that i don't think donald trump president trump could afford to do up close unquote that deal internationally if they were willing to deal with the rich or should. be areas that we want to feel if you're jealous you can take in i'm not really be here. if it would be the best answer you know we couldn't give up the same shoes for this so we could see you were going to see that we had to do to walk away from that particular situation i wonder whether he's going to reach agreement with the u.s. to do more of the heat it was

clearly kim jong-un knew about the detention and arrest of otto warmbier.rowing into doubt whether kim knew at the time that warmbier had gone into a coma so quickly and faded so quickly. >> it's one of those things where there seems to be a distinction that does not matter in the context of what is really said. much more to come there. joining me now is cnn national security analyst sean turner who served as a senior adviser and spokesperson for the director of national intelligence. you heard kellyanne conway trying to offer context that he holds north korea responsible but all he was saying was that kim jong-un didn't know about otto warmbier's condition at that moment. what is happening here? >> anytime an american citizen is contained in north korea it is rarely about the alleged crime that they have committed. it is most often about north korea trying to force engagement with senior u.s. officials. to be clear, there are no scenarios in which kim jong-un would be unaware of the status of one of the very few american citizens to be held in north korea.

president donald trump described the sudden end to his summit with north korea's leader kim jong un the pair rived in vietnam with hopes of building on last year's historic summit in singapore but less than two days later they signed no agreement and it's unclear when they'll talk again north korea's neighbors south korea and china both said they were disappointed with the outcome we'll bring in our panel in just a moment but first when hey reports from hanoi. before the summit us president donald trump tried to lower expectations of a deal with north korean leader kim jong il but the expectation was at the very least that the pair would sign some form of agreement on denuclearization or make a joint statement instead the talks were cut short before lunch the table will sit for the diners didn't show leaving donald trump to explain why racially they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn't do. they were willing to do new portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for the the american said kim jong un was willing to dismantle his

>> oh, i think kim jong-un is begging for a third date with donald trump because the more that kim jong-unnd this in the future, that's more time that the new normal of a north korea with nuclear weapons, with relationships around the world, and with crumbling sanctions regime that gives it access to revenue can continue to accumulate. it is in kim's interest to keep talking to donald trump so all the other activities can continue in the interim. the longer this goes, the better for kim. >> samantha vinograd, thanks so much. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> while on that trip something else very serious was stirring. the family of otto warmbier issues a sharp rebuke of president trump after his shocking public defense of the north korean dictator, kim jong-un, in the brutal mistreatment and death of their son. brian todd has more on how the family did not hold back. >> reporter: analysts called it a low point in an already dismal news conference. >> he tells me he didn't know about it and i will take him at his word. >> reporter: the president saying he supported north korean dictator ki

but kim jong—un controls his jong—un as to president trump.tunity to be seen asa gets a rare opportunity to be seen as a statesman on the world stage. the family of an american student who died after being jailed in north korea have rebuked president trump for his praise of kimjong—un. 0tto warmbier‘s parents said no excuses could change the fact that mr kim and his evil regime killed their son. mr trump said after their summit, mr kim had assured him that he knew nothing about mr warmbier‘s poor treatment. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. 0tto warmbier has become a symbol of the brutality of the north korean regime. he was sentenced to 15 years's hard labour for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster, and the student's distress was obvious to see as he was led away. 0tto was eventually released and returned to america, but he had suffered brain damage and other unexplained injuries and died just days later. his parents believe he had been intentionally beaten. in his summit with kimjong—un, donald trump insists he did rai

. >> good evening from hanoi where that high-stakes summit between president trump and kim jong-un ended abruptly with no agreement. the president saying he had to walk away because the north korean dictator was asking for too much. we'll have late details from vietnam in a moment. >>> but we start with breaking news. a new report president trump overruled his own white house officials and ordered a top security clearance for jared kushner. the president has previously said he had no role in kushner getting a clearance. let's go straight to kristen welker in washington. kiss kiss ten, what can you tell us about all of this? >> that explosive new report says despite concerns from intelligence officials and the top lawyer at the white house, president trump ordered his chief of staff to grant his senior adviser and son-in-law, jared kushner, a top security clearance. "the new york times" cites four unnamed people briefed on the matter. it comes after nbc news reported kushner's application for top secret clearance was rejected by two career white house security specialists after an fbi bac

i doubt that would offend kim jong un. past a 7 foot tall portrait of himself in the airport. perhaps it was this. >> i'm providing the committee with several documents. copies of letters i wrote at mr. trumps direction. that threatened his high school, colleges, and the college board. not to release his grades or sat scores. >> again, not sure that the murderous dictator would care about what the president got in the verbal section of the sat and the early 1960s. so maybe the president point was if you can at all avoid it i would recommend not trying to follow the president's tweet logic especially if you are prone to migraine. simply having the hearing was a bad look while he's over seas and that contributed to the break down of the, it was about the sanctions. he went full reo speed wagon and said it was time to fly. >> it was a very interesting two days. i think actually it was a productive two days. sometimes you have to walk. and this was one of those times. >> the gambler. that was after the summit. no mention the h

over the death of american otto warmbier. >> do you take kim jong-un at his word?esident takes him at his word. >> i know he does. what about you? >> my opinion doesn't matter. my opinion is that i am the -- >> you are the national security adviser of the president. your opinion matters. >> i'm not the national security decisionmaker. that's his view. >> joining us to talk about this is democratic congressman tom melinoski. he previously was the state department's top diplomat on human rights under president obama. congressman, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> what did you think when you heard the national security adviser say -- before we get to what the president has said, his decision making and his opinions don't matter? >> of course his opinions matter and i think he's indicating that he disgagrees with the presiden. what the president said is indefensible and it's hard for john bolton to defend it. >> let's remind people of what the president said when he said he's siding with kim jong-un. >> he felt badly about it. i did speak to him. he knew the case

, the estranged half—brother of north korea's leader kim jong un. doan thi huong both deny the charges and could face the death penalty if found guilty. let's cross live to kuala lumpur, where are southeast asia correspondentjonathan where are southeast asia correspondent jonathan head where are southeast asia correspondentjonathan head joins us from outside the high court. what are we expecting the vietnamese defendant to say? well, we are expecting our to support her defence position, which is that although she and this indonesian defendant, siti aisyah, were both involved in smearing the nerve agent on kim jong—nam, she was the second is to do it, so what the prosecution have said is that they believe the indonesian defendant initially put a precursor on. it is too dangerous to handle as an element on its own, this nerve agent, and then doan thi huong smeared on the second activating agent on kim jong—nam's face at the port. that turned it into vx nerve agent. —— airport. we are expecting her to read a statement in vietnamese which will be transl

the shoe factory is one of a number of model factories that kim jong un has had built for each sector of industry they all include a digital control center with a direct connection to pyongyang's universities and research centers more model factories are to be set up across the country. the regime dictates which roles everyone is assigned the country's economy and society are centrally planned right down to the fate of each individual. young north koreans know as soon as they're in elementary school how their lives will pan out depending on their abilities their family background and the needs of the party the state selects their career many end up in the military the country has a standing army of one million soldiers in north korea men are subject to a minimum compulsory military service totaling ten years those who manage to be admitted to kim il sung university the country's most prestigious college are usually exempt this is where the next generation of engineers economists bankers and businessmen are educated the future personnel of office thirty nine. this facility was founded

do you believe that kim jong un knew? >> kim jong un had to know, eric.irst of all, the detention of any foreigner in north korea is a matter of great importance. it gives the regime bargaining power because these people are seen as chips in grand geopolitical strategy. so clearly kim jong un and his father knew about this and i think that what we're looking at essentially is the president was wrong when he said that kim -- he accepted kim's denial of knowledge. eric: what should the president do? >> i think the president should do what he did today and that is to acknowledge the love and support for the warmbier family. also, the president was much more measured in his comments about kim jong un as a person and i think that's a good thing. but also, i believe the presidented should raise human rights much greater -- to a much higher level than he has up to now. and the reason is we sort of think if we raise human rights, that undercuts our ability to get a nuke deal. i think it's actually the other way around. eric: gordon chang. thank you. we must remem

as president cunt short his summit in vietnam with north korean leader kim jong un today he says kim wanted all sanctions lifted kim's people say they only wanted partial relief on trump is headed back to the u.s. capitol where a political firestorm rages his former attorney has accused him of crimes committed before and after truong became u.s. president tonight from hawaii to washington the question following the president who's telling the truth i'm brink off in berlin this is the day. basically the one of these sanctions lifted. is here today and you couldn't do that i don't think from president obama could afford to do up close unquote that deal here in hanoi and. they were willing to believe for sure in. the areas that we wanted the deal to if you'll join us again in the not to be here to. take the bait as best as you know we couldn't give up losing shouldst of it so we continue to work and we'll see that we can do to you know the more we think the situation i wonder whether you would ever reach agreement with the u.s. as you do to do more if it was a little clearer to do that

the key decisionmaker is kim jong-un. he's heard it directly from the president. the big deal he could accept, he could walk through that open door, we'll wait and see what his decision is. >> i want to play what president trump said about kim jong-un and the brutal mistreatment of otto warmbier who was arrested in north korea and returned to the u.s. in a coma and subsequently died. take a listen. >> i don't believe he would have allowed that to happen. he tells me he didn't know about it, and i'll take him at his word. >> he's going to take kim jong-un at his word he didn't know about it. the warmbier family put out a statement saying kim jong-un is responsible. >> the president made it very clear he considers what happened to otto warmbier an act of brutality that's completely unacceptable to the american side. i have heard him before the summit itself, before the press conference talk about how deeply he cared about otto warmbier and his family. the fact is, the best thing north korea could do right now would be to give us a full accounting of what happened an

of brother of north korean leader kim jong un. one of those women and indonesians are walked free after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the charges against her without giving a reason the brazen. airport shocked the world both women claim they were duped into carrying out the cold war style hit with a deadly nerve agent. in relief. and even that smile city ayesha is finally a free woman often murder charges against her unexpectedly dropped. i feel so happy. i didn't expect it. today is my freedom day. it was. the engine the shim was one of two women held on suspicion of killing came jong nam this strange tough brother of the north korean leader kim jong un. c.c.t.v. footage from february twenty seven teen shows him at kuala lumpur international airport in malaysia at this point it's alleged the women smeared the deadly nerve agent x. me on his face here he's seen describing to security guards want to happened and he's a schoolteacher to the medical clinic at the airport. just minutes later he collapsed he died on the way to hospi

he accepts that's what kim jong un said.hris: so when he says i take him at his word, it doesn't mean he believes kim jong un? >> that's what he said. i think one way to prove that is to give the united states a full accounting. chris: this is not the first time the president has sided with an autocrat over outside evidence. here's what the president said about the murder, the saudi murder of jamal khashoggi. >> i hate the crime, i hate what's done, i hate the cover-up, and i will tell you this, the crown prince hates it more than i do, and they have vehemently denied it. chris: and here is the president at the helsinki summit with putin on whether russia interfered in the 2016 election. >> i have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. chris: why does the president trust putin and mbs and kim over u.s. intelligencesome. >> i don't think that's what he's saying. and, again, if you take the case of khashoggi, he and others in t

there's a whole lot of rhetoric about liking kim jong-un, falling in love with kim jong-un, kim jong-un friend and so let me ask you, why is liking kim jong-un a sufficient reason to cancel or not to pursue sanctions against companies helping his nuclear program as the white house said last week, including the white house there. >> there have been more sanctions put in place by this administration with a global coalition than at any time in the world's history, sir. >> and yet liking him is cited as a reason not to do more. is kim jong-un responsible for maintaining north korea's systematic labor of camps. >> he's the leader of the country. >> is he responsible for ordering the execution of his uncle by chemical agent? >> he's the leader of the country. >> was he responsible for the decision not to allow otto warmbier to come home until he was on death's door? >> i'll leave the president's statement to stand. he made that statement. we all know that the north korean regime was the responsible for the tragedy that occurred to otto warmbier. i met that family. i know those people. i love