where this goes from here is up to kim jong-un. it was a bold negotiating tactic on the part of president trump cancelling this planned summit after the north korean deputy foreign minister issued what the white house amounted to a threat of nuclear war. the white house says such talk and such threats ahead of a summit wasn't exactly helpful. the president warning kim jong-un that the united states and its ally, south korea and japan stand ready if north korea gets up to any nuclear funny business. listen here. >> i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. i've spoken to general mattis and the joint chiefs of staff and our military, which is the most powerful anywhere in the world that has been greatly enhanced recently as you all know, is ready if necessary. >> the president pointed out to a change in tone by north korea. in the last couple weeks, the president wouldn't say in the roosevelt room what he thought was responsible for that. in the oval office on tuesday the presiden

s high-stakes met with kim jong un. leader is coming face-to-face in singapore early next month. >> my moral compass is strong. i would not allow the cia to undertake activity i thought was immoral even if it was technically legal. i would absolutely not permit it. todd: gina haspel tackling her senate confirmation hearing head on. jackie ibanez with the highlights. >> reporter: the highly anticipated testimony lasting just under 3 hours where she was grilled about her 3 decade undercover career with the cia, refusing to back down confidently answering questions and democrats about her role in post 9/11 detention program. >> the pres. has asserted torture works. do you agree with that statement? >> i don't believe torture works, in the cia program, to enhance interrogation techniques. and many directors, valuable information, in senior al qaeda operatives, with another attack. >> is that he is? >> it is not a yes. we got valuable information from debriefing of al qaeda detainees. i don't think it is knowable whether int

look, kim jong-un, 100%, at all times, is about his own survival. his own survival and keeping his regime in power. if he feels that is threatened, he will react. that is what the cia has believed, what the pentagon has believed, since he came to power. so is he reacting to the comments about the libya model, give up the nukes and get murdered by rebels like moammar gadhafi did? perhaps. perhaps also something going on inside his regime that we are not aware of. was he feel eing threatened? was he feeling vulnerable by reaching out to the u.s., by reaching out and trying to have this summit? we don't know that yet. what is so important is he's about his survival. that is what is motivating him. as recently as yesterday, pardon me, analysts in the government were telling me that they think that is really all important to watch. that kim had laid the table for this summit, mr. trump was in the position constantly of reacting and still to this day, the u.s. is reacting to what kim's regime is saying, to what the north koreans were saying. the u.s. neve

he said [ inaudible ] by toughening stance of kim jong-un. china might have been nervous about the moves even though it does not want the escalation. i think it will be extraordinary with president moon who very much wanted this and south korea who had been pushing so hard for it. just met with the president at the white house. really been the chief architect of the peace treaty. he accepted the terms without analysis. he accepted it on the spot. the plitization of it with the fact that you were projecting about peace prize but they were using it as a wedge in the mid term election campaign. there were rallies a week ago with the vice president. that was becoming the big talking point as well as the tax bill. the big foreign policy achievement. i can think that you can have a lot of questions among foreign policy experts. he can say it is the strength of the president in not moving to north korea as previous administrations have. >> we will see you here in about 90 minutes. i'm sure there will be 10,000 developments in that time. kasie hunt i

they weren't going to call off any of the exercises just because kim jong-un had decided to come to the table. the president, i think now, has taken the decision to not meet with kim mostly because he was getting indications that kim was getting cold feet. and the belief at the pentagon and at the white house was that that pressure, the slowing down, was intricately related to the trade talks and china wanting kim to go slower. this is a high-stakes poker game and i think they've called -- the president essentially has called kim's bluff and now the question is can they get the talks back on track in the future. >> jon: that secret meeting between kim and president xi a week ago, a lot of people were surprised by that. is it a feeling at the pentagon or the white house that xi leaned on kim to sort of back away from doing some kind of deal with the president? >> that's certainly what the president said the other day in remarks at the white house. and i've heard that from senior leaders here at the pentagon. i believe the assessment at the time was that something happened during that mee

the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il, michael malice, here today, the father of kim jong un, a success story is this? >> some people remember 1980, ronald reagan was sworn in and hostages were freed. the fact the last time -- this is a big win for us. donald trump did not give any concessions. and kim jong un sultan easily. >> how is this different? >> north korea had a reporter, president clinton had the famous photo, looking like a hostage himself. had to be obsequious. and if kim jong-il and is willing to leave the country and meet donald trump on neutral soil is a change. rob: there are bragging rights for kim jong un. having the president of the united states considering you, a small little hermit kingdom. >> it is an accomplishment for them. the concept of truth is great, the fact that donald trump didn't have a meeting, that is how they operate. also to concessions without the meetings having been held. digging in their heels, and the japanese run up the issue. and in the middle of having the negotiation. this is a big step and we have three hostages, 25 million more h

with kim jong un. and that was so striking. because it said it's quoted kim jong un congratulating pompeo on his appointment to the position of secretary of state. from the cia director position. saying he warmly and sincerely greeted america's new top diplomat. the fact you have this language coming from north korea state media. which months ago was talking about enveloping american cities in fire. how rapid the diplomatic changes have been in just a matter of months here. >> jeff zeleny to you. it is notable and we should let it pass. as the president welcomed the three americans back home, and those remarks he hit two familiar notes. one would be to reference ratings. and say this is going to break the record at 3:00 a.m. and secondly to the "new york times." >> that was classic president trump. couldn't have gotten through a moment even one as symbolic and weighty as this. without talking about ratings. you can see the glimmer in his eye and saw the tv cameras had come for him at 3:00 in the morning. here in washington. and

invited to a dinner hosted by kim jong-un. they came back with startling messages for an inter-korean kimit and kim's offer for a -trump summit. trump immediately accepted the offer. china seemed not to be discernible. this sparked a flurry of worries where china might be sidelined. this was disproved when kim jong-un decided to pay a visit to beijing. his first ever foreign journey as the north korean leader from march 25 to march 28. this summit was widely believed a surprise meeting as it was arranged hastily and announced only after the visit was completed. that it wasd was kim who wanted it after over six years of refusing to visit china. the excuse for the beijing trip was an easy one as he stated during his summit with president xi jinping that he should congratulate his reelection face-to-face. happened after whichs two sessions renewed his tenure as president. the business implications went far beyond that. it happened before the inter-korean summit and the kim -trump summit. the timing spoke for itself. raised questio

. >> kim jong un? >> kim jong un. >> you could describe president trump. this guy makes his own decisions in his inner circle. when they get pushed by the contacts, they just shrug their shoulders. houlders. >> let's reset. and henry in washington, you heard from leland, we will get to him in a moment and kristin fisher at the white house. we are live at 3:00 :00 am as we crossed the time frame. the pres. of the united states is on that jet. there is milania with the president and we will see if the 3 americans are following them, there they are. let's let this moment breathe for a second and stay out of the way. [cheers and applause] >> you heard the applause. two of the 3 americans, jared is emerging from the plane as well. now they head down the steps. so many things need to be said. the first is the sense of pride and joy seeing the smiles, hearing the applause. and also you can't help but notice in contrast to the tragedy of auto --otto wamrbier you see mike pompeo receiving a note card, maybe a note from one of the three hostages, a smile from mike p

i think kim jong-un wa nts to weeks' time? needs credible assurance before he can concede to the first step of that. . i am he can concede to the first step of that. . iam keen he can concede to the first step of that. . i am keen to find out the difference of tone, we have seen the leaders meeting, the horn of thelj find leaders meeting, the horn of the” find it pretty unusual that north korea is actually showing an interest in the summit and that is why he's to show trump a good intent by having another summit with president moon and it is unclear what kim jong—un wants to get out of the united states, it has changed from tells how unusual this is for north korea to be coming in the table in this way? i think because kim jong—un thinks because the programme has been completed so it can change as diplomatic outreach, it is engaging with neighbouring countries and the great powers, it's unusual in itself that we might be embarking on a new direction on how the north korea problem can be handled. chiew—ping hoo from the nationa

after president moon met kim jong and roller—coaster continues.kimjong and on saturday, another historic moment here, we are now looking at the slow and steady rise towards that singapore summit. if they can get them the details of any kind of deal, perhaps then it will make it easierfor kim deal, perhaps then it will make it easier for kim jong—un to meet president trump on june 12. our other top story — italy is once again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be prime minister by the two main anti—establishment parties said he didn't want the job. guiseppe conte had the backing of both the populist five star movement, and the anti—immigration la liga party — but the italian president refused to accept his choice of an economy minister who had previously called for italy to leave the euro. it's sparked a furious reaction — as our rome correspondent james reynolds explains. it's quite dramatic, essentially the president has shown tonight that the job of head of state in italy is not ceremonial. it's deeply political. because he's taken ad

what message does this send to kim jong-un? >> that trump is in charge, which is the message that he always wants to said. trump said it was important to be unpredictable. other leaders know what to do. we don't do things that people don't previous le do. trump has changed the rules for how we engage with north korea. i don't think there's any giggling going on. kim jong-un said how do i get the upper hand over trump and he can't get it. >> you got crumbs, giggles from pelosi. >> as far as the message this sends north korea, the message it sends to china. this sends a really strong message to china that we're not going to do a deal just to do a deal. >> all right. sends a message to china and around the world, don't threaten us. if you threaten us, we'll react strongly and trump is in it for the deal, the end result, not the feel-good publicity. >> he said the president during his remarks at the white house, nobody should be anxious. we have to get it right. he's not willing to take anything thrown on the table. he's not willin

watch. >> i think it's a good thing for kim jong un. here you had a thug, a person who killed his own family members. a person who runs a police state. being legitimized by the president of the united states. they were on par with each other. he got global recognition and regard. he is the big winner. when he got this letter from the president saying okay, never mind. he must be having a giggle fit right there now in north korea. >> harris: wow! let's bring in another member of the senate foreign relations committee. as i mentioned, democrat ben cardin we love to have on the program of the great state of maryland. when you hear nancy pelosi, does that tone speak for democrats like yourself? >> i just got on air and i didn't hear exactly what she said. but i can tell you this. we want diplomacy to succeed. we understand that president trump has a different way of conducting foreign policy. i don't agree with his style. but at the end of the day we all want diplomacy to work. >> harris: yeah. just to step back, because this is making news

north korea, that squad knows what kim jong-un want.he chinese team are all on the same page. >> the country' loss is our gain. we get to talk to them all the time. we can't say enough what a deficit we have in terms of diplomatic might going into something like this. should it have happened? not having an ambassador in seoul. not having a point person in the statement department. not having an assistant secretary for east asia. >> if you're president trump who is elected on i and i alone. that was part of his campaign mantra and strategy. i believe you're back with us. what kind of opening does this leave or responsibility for mike pompeo, the last person to have that albeit successful meeting, he was bringing home three american detainees and he's the one person we haven't heard the north koreans speak bad about. >> it's to put the pressure on the north koreans which you saw him doing but also keeping the lines of communication open. when this first started opening up the possibility this summit would be cancelled. officials here at t

as we look ahead to the summit between president trump and kim jong-un. i'm just wondering from where you are, what you're hearing in terms of just preparation on the part of the president for that eventual meeting with kim jong-un. >> well, it's not exactly clear at this point specifically how president trump is preparing for this summit with kim jong-un, isha. we can imagine some of what the discussion will be, though, with the priorities are at least on the american side. there is the question of the denuclearization. that is are we going to see independent monitors be able to enter north korea? will kim jong-un essentially relinquish his ability to crate nuclear weapons? and ultimately, how will the north koreans respond to what they're seeing play out with what's happening in iran? we should point out this isn't simply happening in a vacuum. many would say it's not a coincidence that the president is gearing up nor summit as he exits the iran nuclear deal. will we see this president try to use that as leverage to try to pressure kim jong-un to essent

kim jong-il, kim jong-un-- >> the thing that's probably most important, determinative of a person's behavior is their experience. and kim il-sung, kim jong-il had very different kinds of experiences. the current leader was a child of privilege. he grew up and everything was given to him. everybody respected him. >> right. >> he had no qualms a year or two after taking power of executing his uncle. these are not the kind of -- this does not reflect the kind of behavior of a person who wants to get along with other people. this suggests the person who is used to getting his own way and if he doesn't get his own way, he throws a tantrum. now, it may be that he's reached the point where he can s say, i can't throw a tantrum, maybe he's learned that he can't get everything with a tantrum and he's got to use more positive means to try to effect the change that he wants, ie, economic development and lifting sanctions in order to be able to move forward. i'm -- he is a different person than his father and his grandfather, but to say that that's positive, i'm not sure that we're there yet. >> i see.

a stunning threat by kim jong-un's regime. what is this all about. >> it is not clear what this is all about. in fact, we heard from the state department a short time ago saying that they have not heard of any changes to summit planning. they have not heard of any changes to the reaction to these previously planned u.s.-south korea military drills. to be clear, these are annual drills and they are regularly scheduled. they were resumed in april 4th after delayed sometime for the korean olympics and at the time south korea officials told the u.s. counterparts that north korea, which in the past had protested these exercises and even scheduled missile launches during the exercises had seemed in their words, surprisingly flexible this time around so this threat now to scudle those summit plans a change in tact from the north korean leadership and you may remember there was a short time ago the president himself said in late april that north korea had been in his words, very honorable in planning for the summit. have a listen. >>

kim jong-un. >> summit is set. president trump will meet with kim jong-un next month. can the president find more success with the north korean regime? >>> and iran now condemning the israeli strikes inside syria. the strikes followed rockets launched into israel from the north. we are live with the latest. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning. i'm dave briggs. friday, may 11th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with breaking news. federal investigation after a texas church damaged by a package bomb. the second explosive device to target the area in two weeks. the police called to the church which caused minor damage to the church. >> the atf is assisting the local police. two weeks ago, a suspicious package was found at the starbucks in the facility. beaumont is 200 miles east of dallas. >>> now to politics. senator john mccain's opposition to gina haspel becoming cia director was met with a despicable response from inside the white house. official telling cnn that at a m

the first one is is kim jong-un ready to come in from the cold? jong-unseen more of kim these past few weeks than we had during his entire six-year tenure as north korea's leader. my best assessment of what is behind this unprecedented outreach is that he understands he needs to do this in order to gain acceptance of a new strategic policy he just put forward. this is the policy of economic reconstruction. informal conversations with officials, they have explained that they do not want to amass a humongous nuclear arsenal. they want just enough attack by -- deter an attack of the united dates and turned to economic development. linedollars kim jong-un and that is national policy that has on one track the development onthe nuclear program, and the other tracks, economic development. of course, what we have seen over these years is kim jong-un pursuing relentlessly advancements in the nuclear program. at great cost to the well-being of the north korean people. 2017 was a pivotal year for kim jong-un. that's when he declared invasion of his nuclear fo

you see kim jong un's filing with the u.s.ecretary of state after they called our president a name. >> called him "little rocket man" and so on. >> i think if anything here is going to secure a deal in the end. >> stay with us as we follow the three just-released hostages who are journeying on their way hom home. they are due to arrive soon. the president of the united states will be there and so will fox news. stay with us ♪ this is not just a yard. it's where memories are made. and you have the best seat in the house. the john deere x350 select series with the exclusive mulchcontrol™ system. nothing runs like a deere™ leading conservative the opposition john cox. to jerry brown's sanctuary state. and chairman of the initiative campaign to repeal the gas tax. join me and let's make california great again. not the conservative guy, travis allen. what about this john cox? talks a big game... but what's he done? a chicago lawyer? huh? thirteen losing campaigns - seven in illinois? cox lost campaigns as a republican... and as a d

kim jong-un get his photo op. he gets to have the handshake with president trump. in theory, the traveling press will be around the -- in the room and around the world people will see him as someone who has the same statue your at the united states. giving that up at the beginning has issues. robert: that's an important point, he's looking for prestige, kim jong-un butlso signaled this week he wants to make sure north korea as a economy. they're struggling and he knows if he can improve trailed and get jobs hear- for h people and get some income, it could change his o stake in power. michael: he could. the question is how far does that vision go? does he want to get the chokehold off so doesn't have to worry about stramp vacation the country, unrest, people who are thinking to knock him out of the power or does he look at the chinese way and say i can maintain an thorp tarnle season. i have -- authoritarian sson. we can have b.m.w.'s and mercedes in th streets and people can be making money and having a wealt lif sometime. china has set a very interesting example.

but that's breaking the ice with kim jong-un. testing his readiness to come to the agreements of full denuclearization, of dismantling and ultimately shipping out of the country his nuclear program. of all the elements of ballistic missiles, of not being able to ultimately shoot into space some of the missiles he's been shooting. and all of the rest that's associated, chemical/biological weapons. that certainly, certainly could not have been done in the course of three hours. those are meticulous, painstaking negotiations in which you test the proposition of your opponent to understand whether or not they're truly willing to do so and under what conditions and for what in return. that clearly was not established here. >> do you have any reason to believe, senator, that the u.s. made this announcement, very quick announcement, only a few hours after the president in a taped interview with fox news yesterday afternoon thought the meeting was going to go ahead, and all of a sudden this morning, the meeting is canceled. do you have a

and then putting up letter he sent to kim jong-un. let me ask you, though, is it strategic or emotional what we're looking at this morning? i ask that because president and aides, the president seems so angry, that was the reporting, he was infuriated by north korea statement about mike pence, calling him stupid. then in the letter this morning, is this an emotional response, strategic response, can it be both? >> it can be both. what we're seeing is the fact that this summit was a rush job. we did not take the time to do our homework and to figure out things like kim's intentions, what we actually wanted out of the summit. also, was kim actually going to show up? it is entirely possible we had intelligence that kim may not show up on june 12th and president trump wanted to get around that. we don't know. that's why we should have taken time on the front end to figure all this stuff out before we sign and date. the question is what comes next? i have written breakup letters more convincing than what i read from president trump. it is

think about it, kim jong-un never flew. that those are low logistical concerns. kim, does he feel comfortable. it is a face saving thing or loss of face thing. what i mean, you want to fly commercial. do you want to fly a borrowed plane? there is issue going too long of a distance. i do think i understand it is down to singapore and we're pushing singapore whether administration officials are pressing for singapore because we think that u.s. thinks that we're giving north korea too much to do it at the dmz. president trump is leaning towards the dmz through his tweet. >> we were told there were five locations. what is the five. what has been dismissed? >> switzerland, new zealand, among -- mongolia, dmz. that was the question. >> katy, what do you think, during the summit the phrase was, check exactly, a nuclear-free korean peninsula. what does it imply that south korea. >> we're leaving this program at this point to go to the council on foreign relations in washington for a discussion on "brexit" and what the united kingdom dom deter will mean from the eu, britai

president dined with kim jong il, given kim jong un's father a propaganda victory.obert park, a christian activist, walked into north korea across a frozen river to deliver a letter to kim jong il cigna mercy for the suffering north korean people. he was released but revealed he had been tortured. a year later, president jimmy carter arranged the release of another devout christian, american. illegally entering north korea from china. another mystery, arrested and convicted in the wake of north korea's third nuclear tes. director of national intelligence james clapper managed to bring him and another american prisoner home in 2014. not all cases have resulted in positive outcomes. university of virginia student otto warmbier was returned to the u.s. in a coma and that i -- died shortly thereafter. a few committed suicide after returning home. some described their treatment in prison as worse than death. >> shannon: jennifer griffin, thank you very much. for more, let's bring in fox news contributor judy miller. olivia enis, policy editor with the heritage foundation

last night you sighed and began its leading to some very big things, and i think that kim jong un, kim jong un did a great service to himself, to his country by doing this. but those hostages came out with respect. we didn't pay for them. we're going to set the table. we're going to make a great deal for the world for north korea, for south korea, for japan, for china. >> sean: touting the key to veltman's on the world stage, vice president mike pence is backing them up right here at home. during the interview earlier today, the vice president told abc that it's time for mueller's witch hunt, and i agree completely, to come to an end. take a look. >> our administration has been fully cooperating with the special counsel. >> do you think the investigation is a hoax? >> we will continue to. what i think is that it's been about a year since this investigation began. our administration has provided over a million documents. we fully cooperated and it in the interest of the country, i think it's time to wrap it up. >> sean: time to wrap it up, i agree. meanwhile according to some stellar re

>> what would you say to kim jong-un?neil: oh, i see him there, the secretary of state in the back corner avoiding nasty questions. he got plenty of them add today's senate meeting where the democrats were ripping them up. what happens here? rich edson with more. >> secretary of state mike pompeo says the united states, the state department and officials are ready to have this summit with kim jong-un. the problem, according to pompeo, is they just need a willing participant on the other side. >> the past many days, we have put preparations teams together to work to prepare for the summit and we received no response. >> secretary pompeo testified today. it was supposed to be about a bigot request. very little was on that. essentially the north koreans stood up the americans. he says that right now it's situation normal. it resumes where the u.s. and north korea were before all of this. the u.s. and its allies were squeezing north korea and bringing them to the negotiating table, which looked like it would happen but it's n

if it when kim jong un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and action. i am waiting. the world is waiting to see if these two leaders will ever meet and if their eyes ation will ever be achieved. and for more of this i'm joined here at the big table by korea expert professor has mostly from the for university here in berlin professor it's good to see you again you know we didn't think we were going to be talking about this this soon the it appears the entire world was caught off guard by this decision and what did you think when you heard about it yeah i was surprised by it too i heard from my students during my lecture today and we discussed it but it's not only i think also the. people around for themselves they were surprised by that of course moon of the south korean president was taken by surprise he visited for president only one day before and they had very good conversation what does this mean i mean we heard that president moon was trying to make sense of what happened today. what does this mean for him moving forward he has invested a lot in the trump plan a

do they encourage kim jong-un to go back to the negotiating table, and if they do, will kim jong-un actually listen? john? >>> when we come back, the president talking about the new policy about the national anthem, and about immigration security officials. how are the two things connected? it's an election year. the president playing to his base. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. and i treat my mbc with new everyday verzenio- the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. in fact, verzenio is a cdk4 & 6 inhibitor for postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- mbc, approved, with hormonal therapy, as an everyday treatment for a relentless disease. verzenio + an ai is proven to help women have significantly more time without disease progression, and more than half of women saw their tumors shrink vs an ai. diarrhea is common, may be severe, and may cause dehydration or infection. before taking verzenio, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection. verzenio may cause low white blood cell

register at kcm.org/sacramento. >> i think kim jong un, >> i think kim jong un, kim jong un did a greatf, to his country by doing this. but those hostages came out with respect. we didn't pay for them. we are going to set the table. we are going to make a great deal for the world, for north korea, for south korea, for japan, for china. >> sean: that was the president, another huge enthusiastic crowd talking earlier about the release of these three american hostages from north korea. his upcoming high-stakes meeting with kim jong un. the president's remarks come as we are learning more details about that meeting. joining us live tonight from the white house, fox news chief national correspondent. every day seems to be a slower news day than the previous one. great coverage tonight.on i watched all night. i didn't go to bed until 4:30. >> i knew you would be watching. it was an important moment in american history. what's interesting is we did learn some important new details today about this summit with north korea. the president himself confirming that it will take place on june 12 in s

kim jong un is a straight leader. he was talking directly to kim jong un. >> absolutely. going to be speaking directly to the north koreans as well. >> so let's see if we see more of the iron fist or more of the velvet glove. stuart: yes. ashley: bit of both. [laughter] stuart: knowing this president, you'll have a little bit of both. >> john bolton scripting what he's writing or mike pompeo? stuart: nobody scripts for the president, i don't think so. [laughter] ashley: it'd be interesting the know who wrote this letter. >> this letter is brilliant. ashley: yes, it's got the president's signature, i'm sure he had input, but it's very well crafted. let's put it that way. stuart: just read the first paragraph. ashley: we greatly appreciate your time, patience and effort with respect to our recent negotiations. is that president trump? and discussions relative to a summit long sought by both parties. i felt a wonderful dialogue was building up between you and me and, ultimately, it is only that dialogue that matters. please do not hesitate to call me or even write me. >> it'

is this a sign that kim jong-un is really ready to negotiate? let's go to kaitlan collins live at the white house with more. >> it was really a heroes' welcome before dawn. these pitch black skies, american flag strung up between two fire trucks as the detainees were welcomed back to america last night, with the president greeting them on the tarmac at joint base andrews and him going there in the middle of the night illustrated just how important their release was in the bigger picture ahead of his upcoming meeting with the north korean dictator kim jong-un. last night the president and the americans welcomed back walked over and spoke with reporters. the president was asked what he thought kim jong-un's motivation was in releasing these three americans. here's what the president said. >> i think he wants to do something. i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something and bring their country into the real world. there has never been a relationship like this. we're starting from here, but i really think a lot of progress has

what will kim jong-un do? will be in the hard-pressed position like pressure. >> we introduced you as a former deputy secretary of state. rebuild mike pompeo trust not just with north korea but china? call has got to be to the south korean president. he was just in washington and not given any warning. this has been a feat of south korean diplomacy. i have worked hard. ones with the gun sights in military conflict takes root. repairorea, we need to right now. they are looking abandoned. to calls to japan after that stay on message. it has been difficult for this administration with the vice president, president trump not all speaking in the same way as secretary pompeo. he has to reassure our allies and get everybody to say the same thing. that is a tall order. >> great insights. ahead. get more reaction this is bloomberg. abigail: this is bloomberg markets. scarlet: deutsche bank's new ceo is overhauling germany's biggest lender. >> let me state clearly we are committed to our corporate and investment bank. w

there's never been a relationship like this. >> but kim jong-un is an historically reclusive dictator. described just months ago as a madman by president trump. is kim ready to deal? can he be trusted? we break it all down with our panel of experts. >>> plus -- >> i'm not going to validate a leak one way or another out of an internal staff meeting. >> no apology from the white house after a staffer's inflammatory comments about ailing senator john mccain. >> i don't understand what kind of environment you're working in when that would be acceptable and you can come to work the next day and still have a job. >> our powerhouse "roundtable" take on the debate over civility in politics. from the white house to your house, the facts that matter this week. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us this sunday. happy mother's day. president trump promised during the campaign that he would throw out the playbook on foreign affairs. and this week, he's been living up to that promise. on tuesday, trump fulfilled one campaign commitment by tearing up the iran deal. that move earned a sharp rebu

there are some very interesting developments with kim jong-un. this is what he is now saying, quote, we express our willingness to sit down face to face with the united states and resolve issues any time and in any format. our commitment to doing our best for the peace and stability north korea and the world and we're open minded for an opportunity. i want to conclude president trump's stance on the north korea summit does not meet the world's desire for peace and stability. well both in the world and korean peninsula and goes ton -- on to say the aggressive in the letter is just a backlash in response to a unilateral denuclearization being pushed ahead of the planned north korean-u.s. summit. to sum that up, kim jong-un saying he's open to talks and it's clear from this statement the unilateral denuclearization is not where they want to go. he also says that's not what the world wants. so perhaps he's looking for a deal like iran got where there is a partial denuclearization and monitoring process. whether or not that will bring the united state

he's never gone through this before. >> he drisn't neces need to come out of that meeting with kim jong-un with an actual concrete deal.e as long asn come out of it and say for his fans and a lot of other people, we mad progress and i got kim jeong up unto dupree to -- kim jong-un to agree to something. he will call that a win. >> there's an interesting phrase in military theory, you escalate to deescalate and donald trump in some ways escalated by freaking everybody out. it was a breakthrough issue. there was that false alarm in hawaii where people were b runng b shelters. now that's behind us, people are breathing a sigh of relief and it feels like we're safe again and the details i think will be ss important in the kind of grand reality show that is the trum presidency than that emotional shift. robert: it is a shift. i remember last summer watching our phones as the president tweeted fire and fury about little rocket man and now reporters are planning tritches to singapore to cover the summit. what a country, diplomacy, you can't predictt. including what's happening in the middle east.

which was why did kim jong-un release these americans now? and i understand it's maybe a difficult question for any of us to answer but somebody to answer from the outside. ambassador ill had, what do you think the united states had to give up or assure the north korean regime in order to secure the release of the americans. there's nothing free in the world of negotiations. >> you have to understand that just the meeting with our president is an enormous concession to the north koreans. never given to them before. the trip of the secretary of state is in the same vein, i think the u.s. has done a lot for the legsy o legitimate -- fm the legitimacy of of the state. releasing the americans is the least that they could have done. the question is whether they do something on denuclearization. >> looks like we are having issues with the ambassador f we can -- if we can get him back, we will do that. i will go to bobby. do we have you? >> yes, you have. >> thank you for joining us. give us your perspective from what you have seen so far this morni

can kim jong-un be trusted?also, we heard the counterargument that they have little reason to trust us, us being the united states. i should not identify as the moderator. them, the united states versus the north koreans. it is an old habit. somebody has been involved in a great deal of negotiations. the issue of trust where it applies to north korea in kim jong-un, can he be trusted? sue: trust is obviously very important. when you are thinking about negotiating with someone, you want to believe you can trust them, but you do not have to trust somebody necessarily to have a negotiation. you have negotiations because you want to come to a conclusion, and that's why you have verification. you have verification because you want to make sure that whatever agreements are made that the other side will do it. we had numerous negotiations with the soviet union and with russia. there were times we did not necessarily trust them, but we still came to an agreement on arms control issues, on nuclear issues, and we a verifi

he said this of kim jong un. i think he wants to do something and bring this country into the real world. that got me thinking, i'm wondering when the president meets with kim, if the two will meet eye to eye on human rights issue, and if kim would ever acknowledge the atrocities on his own people being inhumane? >> i doubt that very much. that would be such a huge admission of wrongdoing. if the soviets could even do that with stolid, it took them years and years to do that with stalin. the real issue is if donald trump is right, if kim jong un wants to bring his country into the 21st century, that is the only reason north korea would change his behavior. that is a huge reward, the pot of gold at the end of the road with north korea. you look at south korea, they are the same people. the north koreans could be a very successful country just as south korea is. the question is do they want to be, do they have the will to be, will they give it the nuclear weapons? the only presented of this summit meeting take me ba

if it when kim jong un chooses to engage in constructive dialogue and action. i am waiting. the world is waiting to see if these two leaders will ever meet and if their eyes asian will ever be achieved. and for more of this i'm joined here at the big table by korea expert professor has mostly from the free university here in berlin professor it's good to see you again you know we didn't think we were going to be talking about this this soon the it appears the entire world was caught off guard by this decision and what did you think when you heard about it yeah i was surprised by it too i heard it from my students during my lecture today and we discussed it but it's not only i think also that the people around for themselves they were surprised by that of course moon of the south korean president was taken by surprise he visited for president only one day before and they had very good conversation but what does this mean i mean we heard that president moon was trying to make sense of what happened today. what does this mean for him moving forward he has invested a lot in the

so that is really whether kim jong-un will come through on this. it's the reason why the president is optimistic and realistic at the same time. >> let's go back to those terms. permanent. verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula. that's what has to happen? >> yes. before the benefits start to flow. i think the objective for north korea is to see if they want to become a normal nation. >> the benefit, you say, before the benefits have to flow. we would give them nothing until all of this has happened? not just beginning it? >> we want to see the denuclearization process so completely under way that it's irreversible. >> what does that look like? >> i think the implementation of the decision means getting rid of the nuclear weapons. dismantling them. taking them to oak ridge, tennessee. it means getting rid of the uranium enreichment and plutonium capabilities. north korea has a very extensive program. it won't be easy to do. it will require discussion with north korea. they'll have to reveal all locations. they're going

the south korean envoys were to kim jong-un himself. they came back with startling messages for a summit in april, and the offer for a kim tromp summit. kim and trump excepted the author. to meet with kim jong-un. in these interactions china seemed not to be dishonorable. worriesrked a flurry of that china might have been sidelined. this was disproved when kim jong-un decided to pay a visit to beijing, his first ever journey as the north korean to marchom march 25 28. , the summit was a surprise meeting as it was arranged hastily and announced only after the visit was completed. was this came from pyongyang. overs kim that wanted it, to visit of refusing china. the exchange -- excuse was an easy one. he thought he should congratulate his reelection face-to-face. chinaisit happened after sessions which renewed his tenure. wentisit's implications far beyond that. summitened before the and the kim tromp summit. the timing spoke for itself. the visit raised the questions about what the cam hoped to accomplish with this latest of diplomacyrst

kim jong-un will try to distract. we need to be careful not to give ki too much creditm -- kim too much credit. kim jong-un seeks to market north korea as a responsible nuclear weapons state by for swearing nuclear weapons tests. this is not the first time north korea has agreed to a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests. this is not the first time north in 2008, to much fanfare, north korea imploded the cooling tower. except the cooling tower was not a necessary component for north korea's production of missile material. as you know, north korea was able to accelerate its program. in recent weeks, north korea has promised to close its nuclear test site and open it to inspectors. is this a welcome development? yes. will u.s. and international experts learn something from visiting the facility? of course. but while the energy -- while the imagery will be great, will we be achieving our objectives, given that the test site may no longer be usable anyway? north korea has already conducted six nuclear tests.

kim jong-un will try to distract. we need to be careful not to give kim too much credit, but we have seen this before. kim jong-un seeks to market north korea as a responsible nuclear weapons state by fore swearing nuclear and missile tests. yet this is not the first time that north korea has afwree ed o a moratorium on nuclear and long range missile tests. for example, in 2008, to much fanfare, north korea implode d the cooling. except that the cooling tower was not a necessary component. for north korea's production of the material. as you know was able to -- and in recent weeks, north korea has promised to close its nuclear test site and open it to inspectors. is this a welcome development? yes. would u.s. international experts learn something by visiting the pfacilit facility? of course, but while the imagery would be great, would we be achieving our objectives given that the test site may no longer be usable any way and north korea has already conducted six nuclear tests. we we would be wise to think of these exam

president, don't give kim jong-un anything for free. north korea's threatening to cancel the summit over our joint military exercises with the south. that would be a mistake. it would be a mistake for the president to cancel this exercise, to begin making further concessions before kim has dismantled a singular nuclear weapon or agreed to a single inspector. if we show weakness, if the minute kim jong-un threatens we go along, he will continue to take advantage of us. we must show strength and fortitude by continuing these military exercises, we will do just that. and i urge the president to not even blink an eye but say we're going forward with these exercises. we've seen north korea play these games before. when north korea wants or needs something, exercises are a problem. when they don't need something, the exercises are not a problem. kim is clearly testing the united states and president trump trying to see if there's any weakness or desperation or division on our side. we must be strong. we must be resolute. this exercise should

his meetings meetings meetings meetings with kim yong chol, the essentially the right-hand man of kim jong-unfrom his twitter account it appears the secretary of state is pleased with how the meetings went. pompeo also saying the following on twitter writing, quote, good progress urge our meetings with kim yong chol between north korea and his team. north korea and the world would benefit from cooperation with the. before he left for texas earlier today president trump suggested that they might need more than one meeting between himself and kim jong-un to take place. listen here. >> hopefully we'll have a meeting on the 12th going along very well but i want it to be meaningful. it doesn't mean it gets all done at one meeting. maybe you have to have a second or a third and maybe we'll have none but it is in gadd hands. -- good hands. reporter: it could be one, or three or none as the president often says. president trump also said they could be coming here to washington and he said that they have a letter from kim jong-un to be delivered to the president. we hear from pompeo in about ten minut

where have you been recently impersonating kim jong—un? i was recently impersonating kim jong—un?ssia, i was in taiwan. i am always travelling, i was in hollywood couple weeks ago. howard x, let's get you into performance mode. i am 110w get you into performance mode. i am now speaking to kim jong—un, get you into performance mode. i am now speaking to kimjong—un, what get you into performance mode. i am now speaking to kim jong—un, what do you think of singapore? as the greatest dictator on earth, let me say it is awesome to be in the greatest dictatorship of singapore in the world. the most efficient dictatorship, i have a lot of respect for you and a lot of respect for your father. what is the best food you have had in singapore?m has got to be the chicken rice, no doubt about it, i can eat it every day. what do you think of the upcoming summit with president trump? i think the upcoming summit will hopefully result in peace, because from what i've heard, they are because from what i've heard, they a re really because from what i've heard, they are really the same person with th

and north korean spy masters behind the scenes now playing crucial roles bringing donald trump and kim jong-une negotiating table. kim yong-chol, a former spy chief on his way to new york to meet mike pompeo the former cia director, for summit preparation. >> he wears many hats. including a spy chief, including a security chief, and also all things military and security adviser to kim jong-un. >> and the silver-haired man at the table in pyongyang is andrew kim, the cia's north korea spy master. both men have part of the frt to get the summit on track. >> even if we set up a timetable and agenda, an arc that moves us forward toward a more stable peninsula, this will be good news. >> andrew kim is said to be part of the secret communication with u.s. has had for months. people won't talk about him. a u.s. official says he is described as pompeo's right hand man. the only known recent images released as he sat next to pompeo in kim jong-un's presence. the cia will not disclose details about him, but he currently heads the cia's korea mission center. coming out of retirement after serving in cove