the united states could put the screws to kim jong-un more than it is. >> kim jong-un is testing us. g to get maximum economic gain while giving up the least possible. i don't think kim jong-un fears an invasion from the united states. before north korea had nuclear weapons we had no interest in launching such an attack. and the deterrent is so strong i don't think it would happen. but i think what cub * is nervous about potentially is some traitors in his own midst, the fifth column could launch an uprising against him. without weapons of mass destruction he would be unable to deter the united states and our allies and maybe even china from become involved and supporting his rivals. the president is trying to infuse some energy into those negotiations which some of the previous guests emphasized is what we need. jon: president trump by meeting withrun is saying to any who might threaten him. this is my guy, i like him, we have a relationship. leave him alone? >> i think the president is definitely making the point that he's there to do a deal with kim jong-un. and there are a lot of

when he points to the miracle in south korea, is that effective for kim jong-un? i think kim jong-un doesn't want that. we have seen the policy of the kim family is not to have -- --t to have prosperity in the north. the kim family is extremely jealous. what this does, president trump's video, it talks to the north korean people saying look this is what you can have, thand that is very effective in putting kim jong-un in a difficult position. i am sure that's part of the process of thought in the state department and national security council when they thought of the idea of this video. it's talking to regime elements in pyongyang saying we americans can give you a much better future. jon: john roberts has been telling us the consensus view is kim jong-un was embarrassed by what happened in vietnam. he thought he was bringing something to the table. president trump stood up and walked away. now president trump is going back to him saying have a handshake. interesting psychology at work there. >> i think one where was embarrassed. there are a number of reports esse

it's up to kim jong un. these were the words of the president and kim jong un just a short time ago, preceding their bilateral, which is continuing. have a listen to how it ththey out what these talks mean to them. >> well, i want to thank you, chairman. you hear the power of that voice. nobody's heard that voice before. he doesn't do news conferences, in case you haven't heard. and this was a special moment. and this is, i think, really, as president moon said, this is a historic moment. the fact that we're meeting. and i want to thank chairman kim for something else. when i put out the social media notification, if he didn't show up, the press was going to make me look very bad. so you made us both look good, and appreciate it. but we've developed a great relationship. i really think that if you go back two and a half years, and you look at what was going on prior to my becoming president, it was a very, very bad situation, a very dangerous situation for south yekorea, fo north korea, for the world. and i t

clearly he's developed a rap oar and relationship with kim jong un. oes back to the question we've raised, why he has cozy dictators around the world. this may be one of the coziest relationships he has with kim jong un. he's banking on the fact that these kind of permanent appeals will yield some progress at some point. it's obviously not going to occur at the dmz meeting they're about too have in a few moments, but he is hanging so much of his legacy on these interactions with kim jong un he is essentially leading himself to believe this is going to bear fruit but there seems to have been no progress up until this point. what we're seeing is essentially just another hand shake that and a greeting with the dictator which the president has excelled at since he's been in office. >> behind the smiles as we watch kim jong un in moments here is a man who has killed mechanics of his own family, he used a chemical weapon to assassinate his own brother, who holds thousands of political prisoners and who starves his own people. we have to remember that as we l

and we know what kim jong un wants. m jong un wants sanctions relief, and if he doesn't get that, he says he wants that by the end of the year, i think it's entirely probably based on the history of the kim regime that we could see those tests resume. >> sam vinograd stand by. we can now confirm that president trump has landed at the demilitarized zone, that he will meet with the leader of north korea, kim soon. we're going to bring that to you live. and i want to give you a sense of what happens when that follows. the president has plans to meet at the border with u.s. and south korean service members. he plans to go to the very border itself where a number of months ago when the south korea leader came there to meet kim. kim invited him to step across the border into north korea territory, when president trump was asked would he do the same if invited by president kim. he said he would accept that invitation. that is something we may very well see, a remarkable sight it will be. it's something we may very well see when

president trump will meet with kim jong-un. gordon change is an asia analyst and author of "losing south korea." are you surprise the kim jong-un agreed to this meeting? people have been talking about that this might occur. but i didn't think this was going to happen. this is a real indication of the will of president trump to get things done. this is unconventional. previous presidents wouldn't even have thought of trying to do this within a couple of days. but trump is very different, very you be conventional. jon: he is. but the criticism is this is nothing more than a photo-op. what can you actually accomplish with this happened shake and a couple minutes in the blue house. >> if your goal is to take away missiles. this undercuts that. because it gives legi -- gives legitimization to kim jong-un. but if the goal is to wean north korea away from china, that is consistent with what president trump has been doing the past year. then this is a lot of progress. as bruce clinger said, we have not been vigorously enforcing sanction

surreal to hear kim jong-un's voice like this. ed his father kim jong il for many years, while at cia, he never really spoke. it's real interesting to watch but agree, question is will this lead to concrete denuclearization stuff? all the tough stuff is ahead. somebody mentioned why is trump doing this but the real question is what comes next. right? we're stuck, at impasse because as victor said, north korea and united states are far apart. even though it's been singapore summit, nothing has been really done. we don't have an agreed upon definition of denuclearization and what it even means. all of this is interesting but unless it leads to concrete steps, it is not historic. all this says to me is that president trump and kim jong-un's bromance is alive and well, that's great. but so far all this warm relationship has not resulted in any actual achievements in denuclearization talks. will this be the final breakthrough that we need to get there? that remains to be seen. >> hans nichols, terry put it this way, surreal watching the

now, president obama, to his credit, when he was inaugurated, said he would meet kim jong-il first and -- well, kim jong-unm jong -un was willing to meet with him. some of them did, but they went back and they reneged on all of the hard work. and so that was not president obama's fault or any of his people. president obama said he would meet. but nobody, kim jong-un and -- would not meet with president obama. so ben rhodes is correct. president obama did not beg to meet. and in fact if -- we should give president trump credit for meeting with kim jong-un. and if he has a good working relationship with kim jong-un, i think that is to his credit. now, i don't necessarily think it would have been an honor to meet him, but i do think we should give president trump for meeting him and if he can set a good working relationship with kim jong-un, i think that is actually good. because north korea is a country where only the dear leader can set a new course for that country. >> the question becomes what happens below that level. >> exactly. we have a lot going on. i think you make excellent points with pointing out

going to the 620, i promised president moonjae—in, i was the can, i'm here, let's say hello to kim jong—unlet's say hello to kim jong—un. and i put up the word and he got back and he wanted to do it from the beginning and so did i, but there's a lot of good feeling when sometimes the media will say what has happened? they know what's happened. what has happened is that there was nuclear testing, there was ballistic missal testing, they had hostages of ours, as you know. very tough situation. and now we're getting back our remains, we got back the hostages, there has been no ballistic assault tests and there has been no nuclear tests and south korea as a whole different place. japan, the prime minister was telling me that japan japan, the prime minister was telling me thatjapan is japan, the prime minister was telling me that japan is a whole different place. they had missiles going overjapan on a constant basis. you know that very well. so i hate to hear the media give false information to the public when they say, what has been done? what has been done? a lot has been done. there's also a

>> well president trump you know made it clear at least twice today that he didn't give kim jong-un notice of this meeting. you the but that kim jong-un came anyway. that is a real indication of president president trump saying we are eligible player north korea you are going to do what we want you to the hidden message in all of that, kim jong-un took that pretty well. i mean he didn't complain himself but, nonetheless, you know i am sure that north koreans got the message. >> joe ruingin with us former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama president of washington strategy group i couldn't help but think about the change in tone from when this president took office hearing about "little rocket man", fire and fury, now all of a sudden we are hearing things like, a warm relationship. and friendship even between two men. is that overstating it? or is this president just -- practicing a little i don't know flattery? >> well, jon it is welcome first and foremost i think sincere this moment a headed spinner no doubt i can't overstate how historic this moment is, it is a tran

i can't imagine seeing kim jong-un in the east room of the white house. that would be a spectacle than what we saw earlier today. it boils down whether it will get kim jong-un across that dividing line. kim jong-un is a menace to the world. one final think that the president extended one opportunity for. i talked to a source on the ground, on the scene, the source said it's way too early to be talking about that. no timetable when that might ultimately take place, jim. >> this is a president who is committed to the meeting, if not the concession. if the president wants that meeting, he generated one with a tweet 24 hours ago. we should leave open the possibility he can force a white house visit through, as well. you mentioned a short time ago, there was a difficult encounter between the white house press secretary. really a scuffle. can you describe the circumstances and what exactly happened here? >> you can see it, in that video, where she shoves aside one of the north korean officials to get members into the press on this meeting. it sounds as though th

we don't know whether kim jong—un is these pictures. un is on his way or not. as we were hearing from our guestjust not. as we were hearing from our guest just before not. as we were hearing from our guestjust before the weather forecast. an expert in korean studies. she was saying she expects president trump to stay for another 1.5 hours before he leaves korea and therefore there mightjust simply not be tired. she wasn't aware that kim jong—un was not be tired. she wasn't aware that kimjong—un was in not be tired. she wasn't aware that kim jong—un was in the area but her sources will obviously be better than ours. president trump with a smile for the camera, nonetheless, as he listens to president moon speaking to the troops. we don't know whether kim jong—un is going to meet him or not. although he will fully appreciate, presumably, an intended nod to the significance of his presence. trying to look back on history and see whether there was any significant meeting of visit by any significant meeting of visit by an american leader to no

and that kim jong-un found with him. 's just not the case. the worst days of rockets, nuclear tests, ballistic missiles happened in the early days of the trump administration when kim jong-un was clearly escalating his provocative acts and president trump was escalating militarily and was escalating the rhetoric calling him the rocket man. but if you listen to the president describe it now, it was bad, he came, he fixed it and it culminated in this great moment president trump doing something that had not been done before, crossing over the sym l symbolic divide and real divide between north and south korea inside the dmz. >> hans, that's why those are critical of the president, and when you're covering the white house and the president, that is out there. mr. president, are you undertaking the very activity sets because you are thinking of 2020, you are thinking of the messaging of the touch points that you would like to make moving forward for your campaign against whatever democrat you might be facing. >> that's true,

now moving forward, the president did talk about this idea of bringing kim jong-un to the white house. if you thought that seeing kim jong-un and president trump walking around in north korea soil was markable, imagine the idea of kim jong-un inside the white house and what that would be like. but i talked to a source there on the ground who said in terms of the timing of all of that, that's sort of up in the air that it's too soon at this point to anticipate exactly when the president might bring kim jong-un to washington. but as the president was putting on display yesterday, he is at times a master showman when it comes to the presidency. and he demonstrated that in this remarkable sort of unimaginable reality tv style moment with kim jong-un which really just took -- i think took the world by storm yesterday but again, fredricka, it's a matter at this point wlf the u.s. could convince the north koreans to do the very thing that keeps the north koreans in power and that is talk about whether or not they could give us this very critical nuclear weapons program that has kept the kim

a tweet to kim jong-un to join him for a handshake and a chat. well, nobody knew if it would happen, until it did. kim jong-un showed up. >> good to see you again. i never expected to meet you at this place. take a step forward. you are the first u.s. president. this is a great moment. >> get out of the way. move. >> clear. >> move! move, all of you. >> this is my honor. i didn't really expect it. we were in japan for the g20. we came over. i said, hey, i'm over here. i want to call up chairman kim. and we got to meet and stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. >> here again, that big moment, the sitting american president standing on north korean soil. what this will eventually achieve remains to be seen. neither of the two previous meetings between trump and kim changed the north korea dynamic in a meaningful way. president trump before that historic step across the dmz claimed that only he could have made it possible. that his predecessor wanted it and failed. >> president obama wanted to meet and chairman

and kim jong-un has to understand that. he has a limited period of time in which to make good on promises. president trump's diplomacy is based on the fact that kim jong-un has made a decision to give up weapons. if he hasn't made that decision, and it doesn't look like he has, there is going to be a reckoning. >> you wrote after the hanoi summit, that he is in a system that does not allow him to reciprocate goodwill. >> well, president trump talks about his great relationship with kim jong-un, or with president xi. and they view the statements of friendship to be sipps of weakness. they then try to take advantage of that. we americans have a notion that you have to have good relations with your counterparties. well, no. a lot of people have a different view of the way diplomacy works. >> the president prioritizes the personal relationship with xi, with putin, and kim and other world leaders. gordon chang, always good to have you. >>> as president trump and kim jong-un have agreed to hold their meeting there, new white house

this is a pr victory for kim jong-un. what they also likely talked about would be kim jong-un's frustration since the failure of the hanoi summit. he went back empty handed and he was embarrassed with the breakdown in talks, that he wasn't able to get any sort of sanctions relief out of those negotiationsth with president trump. so whereit does it all leave us? how does this change things? the skeptics are saying we're effectively back to where we were 15 months ago with the two sides agreeing to talk, saying that working level negotiations will resume. they haven't named their teams yet. they're committedea to seeing i through. there's also, as hans mentioned, this slight shift in the reward system that president trump had alluded to. the fact that there might be partial sanctions relief if the negotiations go well. but fundamentally, things have not changed. north korea has still not agreed to give up its nuclear weapons and therepo aren't many analyst who believe they will. thebe stockpiles effectively ha grown and, of

expectations, not guaranteeing a third summit, and saying that he is in no rush to consummate a deal with kim jong-unrichard. >> richard engel, give us some of the context here about where that balance is with president xi making a very clear, overt and public visit with kim jong-un, was he not saying i know we have a trade disagreement right now, mr. trump, but remember i do hold one card that you would like me to use, so let's not forget that. >> so there is a bit of a tug of war going on over north korea. north korea has long been a satellite of china. it was -- it is entirely dependent on china for its economic well being. the only way that north korea can survive is because of its relations with china. the more sanctions that the world has put on north korea the more dependent on china the country has become. so when president trump started making these very overt overtures to north korea china started to get nervous. it didn't want to lose its complete influence over its -- a country that sits right on its border so we've seen president xi step up his game. he's gone to north korea. he was ther

so while yes, the president may have an assurance from kim jong un that his safety is assured, there are potentially rogue elements on the other side. and there'sen no guarantee that everyone on that north korean side doesn't wish president trump or presidentth kim jong u ill will. and that's aon huge risk. and i think we should acknowledge that. >> let's getkn back to richard engel. are you seeing anything? and reflecting what hans said there about security and where they may or may not be shake hands. >> yes there is always a risk that one of the soldiers on the north koreanth side or in theora soldier on the south korean side could decide to start world war 3. but i think that is a fairly small risk because there is an enormous deterrence factor. there are 30,000 american troops generally on this a side of the border with their guns pointed at north korea. so should there be an incident today involving the u.s. president while the leader of north korea is there i think it would be -- it would start a war on the spot. i think that thear risk is quit small but it is certainly somethi

he quotes kim jong-un saying, i agree with him. he's right about biden. >> now, let's watch the evolution of donald trump's feelings about kim jong-un from rocketman to a man he now says he loves. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> rocketman is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> lil rocketman. he is a sick puppy. >> mr. president, what surprised you the most about chairman kim? >> great personality and very smart. good combination. >> is he a worthy negotiator? >> he's a very talented man. i also learned that he loves his country very much. >> and then we fell in love, okay? no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters. and they're great letters. we fell in love. >> leading off our discussion now is ambassador wendy sherman. she's the former under-secretary of state in the obama administration. he's an msnbc global affairs contributor. also joining us is ned price, a former cia analyst and former senior director a

every time i hear president trump talk about the good feelings tween kim jong un and himself, all i canhink of is otto warmbier's parents and the millions of koreans suffering under kim jong un's hands. >> that was a moment for sure, the idea that the return of u.s. hostages was a sign of goodwill when one came home moments from death. sam vinograd, thank you very much. we are covering a first time meeting between trump and kim at the dmz. we'll be right back. tremfya® can help adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis get clearer. and stay clearer. most patients who saw 90% clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. don't use if you're allergic to tremfya®. tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya®. stay clearer. janssen can help you explore cost support options. the first survivor of ais out there.sease and th

kim jong-un or president trump? >> for kim jong-un, it would be huge.t would be another vindication of the way that he is going. he can play this tomly, he can play it internationally. it is another step in the legitimatization of this north korean leerpd. you can't under-- leader. you can't underestimate how important it is for him. remember, he hasn't had to do anything or give anything up. there would be no conditions put on this third meeting. we've heard mr. trump saying let's not call it a summit, it's more like a handshake. the fact that there's a possibility, that there could be this third meeting and nothing has changed on the ground. there have been no accepts further toward denuclearization. we're in the same position as we were in february after the hanoi summit when the leaders wauklke away without agreement. when north korea or offered to give up the yongbyon facility in return for sanctions relief. that wasn't good enough for washington at the time. mr. trump wanted more. he wanted some of the undisclosed sites as part of the deal. nothin

then former president clinton went in 2009 to free two american journalists being held hostage by kim jong-un'sr. >> before the historic handshake between president trump and kim jong-un, the president was asked how the substance of the relationship has changed through the meetings. watch the way he answers bloomberg's margaret talon. >> hope you'll indulge me since we get one question, i'll try to make it count. why do you want to step into north korea and what do you think that handshake could actually accomplish? nothing has substantly changed since hanoi, north korea tested short range missiles. why does kim jong-un deserve this moment and how do you respond to the critics who say it is nothing more than a photo-op or you're legitimizing a nuclear state. i also quickly need to get in one china clarification which is your agreement with president xi as of yesterday, does that bring you back to the point in april where they had made a lot of concessions on ip and that sort of stuff or back at november, back at the beginning of the process? and may i -- >> two very distinct questions. before y

kim jong-un. kim jong-un got back to him right away and said i will take you up on that offer. and this is that moment when the two shook hands and the president then stepped across the line of demarcation into north korea. becoming the first sitting american president to do so. you have been watching history as we covered it here live on fox news channel. the president is heading off now to speak to some of the troops. there are more than 20,000. somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 u.s. troops on assignment in south korea, and that has always been a grave concern to their families and the pentagon. obviously they are within range of the artillery and rocket fire that north korea could rain down to say nothing of their nuclear arsenal which is certainly quite capable of destruction. but it is the hundreds of thousands of artillery and rocket launchers that could rain down fire on american troops and on seoul. it has long been a concern for military planners. joel rubin is the former deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama. and he has been good enough to stay w

sure whether he will actually meet kim jong—un? said kimjong—un he and president moon spoke about it and said kim jong—un would he and president moon spoke about it and said kimjong—un would be he and president moon spoke about it and said kim jong—un would be there to meet him. as we can see at the moment, he doesn't seem to be there. we're not seeing him in these but president trump suggesting he doesn't he ——he wants to make it happen so they are going to do it. these are live pictures. the cameraman didn't realise he was live on bbc request but president trump is therefore stubborn looks like the picture have frozen, unfortunately. .we picture have frozen, unfortunately. . we will continue to follow it and maybe we will get that picture back. also the general state of play between president trump and his north korean counterpart kim jong—un a little bit later on. let's see what the weather is doing a little later on. good morning to you, sarah. good morning rogerand rachel. yesterday was the hottest day yesterday. it was quite a

president donald trump has invited kim jong un to the white house and vice versa there are reports that kim jong un possibly a suggested the president trying to come to pyongyang as well so on the surface this looks fantastic for both leaders they seem to have this this growing relationship despite the stalled progress in nuclear talks and by and large at least here on the korean peninsula i think people are pondering is this a pivotal moment in the peace process and will it lead to serious change. over is say you mention and this is a good relationship donald trump often talking about it even came on display no mentioning this but did you think it was obvious from their meeting today their interaction that the 2 of them do really get along. i think it's hard to say if they're actually close buddies. donald trump said so he and kim jong un have something special maybe beyond just the 2 of them it's not understood by the rest of the the white house administration or perhaps other world leaders but president donald trump and kim think they connect on on some sort of wavelength both being

what's in it for kim jong—un? ithink in north korea. what's in it for kim jong—un?f the photo opportunity, after hanoi it may have been, and it's difficult to seek to know with north korea, but he may have been under pressure and he's takena have been under pressure and he's taken a huge gamble in negotiating with the united states, he's told his people they are the enemy, so he's taken that gamble and after hanol he's taken that gamble and after hanoi, he's had nothing to show for it. in meeting him, does he use that photo opportunity to save, look, donald trump is courting me, or does he fear donald trump is summoning him? that might be the balance going oi'i him? that might be the balance going on in pyongyang. thanks for the updates. we will monitor the latest developments as president donald trump and president moon meet in the coming hours. we will be keeping an eye on the demilitarised zone. mariko 0i, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. italy's interior minister matteo salvini has accused the captain of a migrant rescue vessel of an

he had this meeting with kim jong-un, came together very much the last minute after a tweet from the president inviting chairman kim to shake hands at the border and that is what took place. the let's listen to the president and what he has to say. to the troops who are assembled there. >> -- ♪ and i won't forget the men who died, and i have to stand up -- >> i thought would i hear president instead, one of the president's favorite songs, and now going to be talking to the troops perhaps we will get a little more insight as to what he heard from chairman kim spent close to an hour together supposed to be a couple minutes after the president walked across the line of demarcation into north korea spent almost an hour together now perhaps he will have something to say, to the american forces gathered there about what lies in their future, a lot of people would like to see the american force reduced in south korea because that would mean tensions with north korea are abating. can that happen? can it happen in this term? we don't know. but the president certainly seems buoyed by i what has

as nick mentioned, he treated yesterday saying he wouldn't mind meeting kim jong—un if he is up for it apparently north korea has responded favourably. we don't know whether he will be there but if that happens, that will be very historical stop also president trump, when he was asked by reporter whether he consider crossing the border, taking a step into north korea, he said, sure, rather casually. if that happens he will be the first sitting president to do so. that would be extraordinary. now president trump has already been meeting with the south korean leader, what have they been up to? that's right, president trump arrived late last night, he had no with the president of south korea, as well as the south korean boy band bts. also he said, did you see my teat —— treat? it'll be a great idea for this meeting to take place. of course president trump and kim jong—un twice previously, first in singapore last year and that in february in vietnam. the summit provided a great photo opportunity for both leaders but the hanoi summit didn't go as well as i thought and talks broke down. they

trump to take another risk and literally open himself up to attack and sort of make that gamble of kim jong une east had to get -- he either had to get the big deal or walk away. now president trump is in great position to sort of take that next step with kim jong un, and i think that the north koreans will offer the yongbyon nuclear facility which is massive, actually the crown jewel of north korea's nuclear capabilities, and i think what you'll see is president trump offer to, essentially, stop sanctions, maybe pause them or suspend them for a year, and let's see what the north koreans actually do and if they close that facility. i think that's a way weak go. -- a way we can go. ed: we have talked about the pressure on kim jong un personally, because you have the sanctions you mentioned, which have been crippling his economy for some time, so there's pressure to make a deal, and then listen to what tucker carlson was reporting about being up close, and he said this mid 30s dictator was wheezing like an emphysema patient. he's under pressure. >> oh, absolutely. think about this, the north kor

this is a public registrations win for kim jong-un. this gives him further validation being seen as an international statesman. the fact that a sitting u.s. president not only stepped onto north korean soil but begged kim jong-un to meet him there. as for president trump, this is a bit of a public relations win for him. he's long put pride in his personal diplomacy with north korea's kim jong-un. and he is hoping to revive and effectively preserve what he sees as his big foreign policy achievement in engaging with north korea. whether it all leads to a deal, people are extremely skeptical that nothing much has changed and we're back to where we effectively were 15 months ago. al snex. >> janice mac key, thank you for that report. let's discuss with the deputy campaign manager for communications and policy at seth moulton for american. also former u.s. ambassador to south korea, christopher hill, welcome to you both. marie, you first. in terms of the read you're taking on how significant all that we witnessed earlier today actually is or

we saw it between kim jong—un and president moonjae—in between kim jong—un and president moon jae—in when kim jong—un casually holds moonjae—in's the moment when kim jong—un casually holds moon jae—in's hand the moment when kim jong—un casually holds moonjae—in's hand and they go over the border and they walk back and forth. that's a moment president donald trump has thought about and wondered whether he could have that. evenif wondered whether he could have that. even if there isn't a meeting, and many believe that it might happen, but even if there isn't donald trump will give a message to kim jong—un at the border. after hanoi, there was this fear that talks have stalled, we would end up in an entrenched position whereby no—one was going to move. there is an opportunity here and both leaders see it. would use a donald trump's focusis see it. would use a donald trump's focus is increasingly going to be the real action in 2020 —— you say. his foreign policy has moved towards iran, getting a positive update on this is closing? i was washington correspondent before being seoul correspo

all are waiting to see whether kim jong un will take him up on his offer to have a quick meeting. the president wrote on twitter, if chairman kim sees this, i would meet him at the border, dmz, just to shake his hand and say hello. before leaving the summit, president trump talked about his hopes for this trip. >> i understand that we may be meeting with chairman king -- kim, and we'll find out -- we spoke with the people, kim jong un was very receptive. he responded and so we'll see because tomorrow we're going to the dmz. i said while i'm there, i'll shake his hand. we get along. there's been no nuclear tests, no long range ballistic tests, gave us back our hostages which was great and a lot of good things are happening over there. i let him know we'll be there and we'll see. i can't tell you exactly, but they did respond very favorably. >> can you tell us how you see all of this unfolding and if you do meet kim jong un at the dmz tomorrow, would you step across the border into north korea? >> sure i would. i'd feel very comfortable doing that. i would have no problem. >> do you

but first kim jong-un to a letter to the president in the news all around his birthday and then you saw a reciprocal letter being reported over the weekend with kim jong-un received from president trump, the white house has confirmed the letter was sent in the letter contained according to the fake news agency excellent content. they said the chairman is considering. that raised a lot of intriguing possibilities and another's been a lot of discussion about what the make of the summit between them coming up. but maybe i should start with victor and will go down the line about what we think about a third summit that we see now the exchange has renewed the idea that president trump -- we don't know what was in the letter but do we see a third summit and what does that mean and what would it take for us to get that way. >> thank you for the question. david properly introduced himself. because what he is known for in the korea policy expert community, he is only journalist that we know that has asked the question to it kim jong-un and got an answer. [laughter] i joke now in my tombstone that

as a famous video and photograph from eight for 2017th, kim jong-un the president of saint, they met here. trump loved that photo so much at the first time he met with kim jong-un in singapore, he wanted it to be there at the tmz. there's an area down there called's house where you could hold talks. the area is too small to be able to hold the logistics of a big meeting between the u.s. president and chairman of north korea. that's why they moved it to singapore. now the president wants to go to the tmz. his helicopter left soul, got most of the way and they were already waiting there but because of the low ceilings, the president helicopter couldn't land so he had to turn around and come back. so this time they made a trip to the tmz and he added bonus of the present thinking maybe i could get that picture of kim jong-un and i have a joint security area at the dmz yesterday. i asked him, i said if you do meet with kim jong-un, would you be open to stepping across that line of bricks? from south korea into north korea. he said he would feel comfortable doing that. not only, historical

i wish he wouldn't say things praising kim jong-un. in another exchange, he said he wouldn't spy on kim jong-un, which i think is a big mistake. now where are we now? i think we need to not have a summit until the president's team, state department, the negotiator, establish a negotiating parameter that we don't have, in exchange for north korea, taking strong steps to denuclearize, i think it is important that some sanctions be lifted, but keep the rest, i think that is the compromise. we're not heading that way and the president just undermines his negotiators by praising kim jong-un. >> i will jump in, too, i don't like the warm and fuzzy between president trump and kim jong-un at least in the way president trump is speaking about him. you heard him talk about a warm, nice letter, if in the end it ends up working, i will admit i'm saying this and it is wrong. for now, i don't see how we benefit by that language. not saying what he's doing is wrong, saying the language -- >> dagen: can i interject and ask the governor, talk all day l

president donald trump has met with north korean dictator kim jong un in the demilitarized zone between north and. south korea trump shook hands with candy for stepping across the line dividing the 2 koreas trump is the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea he described it as a great honor kim also said it was a great moment and an expression of willingness to work towards a new future of shortly afterwards that you need or is held an impromptu news conference. trump said today's events were without precedent. this was a special home. visit or ones at the store or mall or the fact that we're meeting and i want to thank chairman kim for something else when i put out the social media notification if he didn't show up the press was going to make me look very bad so you need to be here but we've developed a great relationship and i really think that if you go back 2 and a half years and you look at what was going on prior to my becoming president it was a very very bad situation a very dangerous situation for south korea for both career for the world and i think the relationship t

kimjong—nam to replace kimjong—un in pyongyang. kim jongg—nam would be a good to replace kimjong—un in pyongyang. kim jong—nam would be a good asset for the cia? it is a very hard country to understand and get information out of, a totalitarian society, tightly controlled with no us embassy publicly what he told it wasn't useful but he was often out of north korea since 2003. he did not have probably detailed knowledge of what was going on in the north korean government. what are your thoughts on donald trump's reaction and his renewed praise of kim jong—un? and his renewed praise of kim jong-un? it was very interesting he said that this afternoon our time. it is the area of opinion. he continued to praise his spatial relationship with kim jong—un and tried to protect that. kim jong—nam died 2017 only a month into mr trump's term. it is unclear whether he would have known this person was interactive with the cia. the world has become more peaceful for the first time in five years but conflicts and dangers remain. that's according to the ann

but kim jong-un has just met in north korea with president xi of china. president xi of china is trying to pull, if you will, kim jong-un away from the influence of south korea, and certainly of president trump. president trump hasn't got any guarantees about north korea's denuclearization so far. he does say that kim has not tested long-range ballistic missiles. but he did test short-range ones recently. he hasn't tested any nuclear weapons, had any nuclear explosions recently. however there's no commitment from the north korean leader. and it doesn't seem that president trump with his handshake in the last few minutes is going to get anything out of it. so where's the gain? just to underline this, the north koreans have been criticizing mike pompeo for putting too much pressure on them. so, not say lot of gain and a lot of photo op, if you will. >> and that's a broadly shared opinion. i mean, even the president's closest allies in congress. ted yoho, who is the ranking member on the subcommittee on asian pacific and nonproliferation has said that north k

and he wasn't. >> they like to blame kim jong-un immediately. ugh he's defending -- like his knee-jerk response is to defend kim jong-un. >> he consistently defends kim jong-un, in the same way he defends the saudi crowned prince after the murder of jamal khashoggi. the president has a problem with his divinity for dictators, but he has a problem with anyone who says nice things about him. unfortunately, this man is not well. i think he's mentally unstable, unfortunately. i don't understand how republicans -- >> you're talking about kim jong-un or president trump? >> i'm talking about the president of the united states. and i don't understand -- we already know that about kim jong-un. but i don't understand how republicans, a party that has for 20, 30, 40, 50 years campaigned on national security, on standing up to russians and dictators and being strong in our defense. how they can now look at donald trump as the president of the united states and not just hang their heads in shame in every word he says in defense of these dictators. >> margaret

. >> if elected president, you want to decide which relationship you want to have with kim jong-un. i'm sure you agree with the president's style over twitter and praise of a dictator. is the president's decision wrong to engage kim jong-un directly? >> i don't think so. i think a lot of this stuff needs to be handled at lower levels and the president comes in to seal the deal and i just think it isn't getting us anywhere. it gets the president on tv. that is what he wants. he is running the apprenticeship program out of the oval office. he wants tv ratings and attention to himself. he is good at that. i don't think there is anybody better. it is not good for our foreign policy. >> would you shake hands with kim jong-un at the dmz? >> i would not. not until we had some deal or at

you know, first kim jong un apparently sent a letter to the president. and then you saw around his birthday -- and then you saw a reciprocal letter reported over the weekend which kim jong un received apparently from president trump. the white house has confirmed that letter was sent. and that that letter contained, according to the state news agency, excellent content and that the chairman is considering. so that raises a lot of intriguing possibilities. i know there has been a lot of discussion about what to make of this summit between moon and president trump coming up. but maybe i could start with victor and we'll go down the line a little bit about what we think about a third summit. do we see now that these exchanges have sort of renewed that idea and president trump -- we don't know what was in the letter. do we see a third summit and what does that mean and what would it take for us to get to that place. >> sure. well, thanks for the question. the other thing you should all know before we get started, david didn't properly introduce himself. becau

should kim jong un be allowed in our white house or should kim jong un show something such as denuclearizationconcrete steps in order to earn the privilege of that invitation? >> yeah, i think a trip to the white house with anything less than a serious enforceable nuclear and ballistic missile should just be off the table entirely, but we do have to also keep in mind that there are other issues like iran, iran's missiles and nuclear technology, most of that comes from north korea and so it's a problem that trying to solve the north korean problem is one that has implications for other dire problems that we face like iranian situation. eric of the washington examiner, eric, thank you, at least would say that the negotiations that have been at a standstill and stand off will now soon be restarted, eric, thank you. >> thank you, eric. eric: fox news channel will have much more of this evening on the president's trip to north korea, ed henry hosting a special program called these historic steps. great title starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern time, of course, right here, arthel. arthel: excellen

scott let's start with the big question is kim jong un going to show up. i think it looks increasingly likely that kim jong un may show up for a meeting at the d.m.z. if you go back to the content of the exchange of letters between president trump and kim jong un there have been references to interesting content and also the south korean president moon has indicated that there is more to that exchange than meets the eye and of course he has a big stake in seeing this happen since he'll be accompanying trump to the d.m.z. so the fact that trump is forward leaning on the big that they've actually been working on it for a while suggests to me that this has a high likelihood of potentially happening and how significant would have me sing like this scott in even if it is just a handshake well just a handshake means a unique photo op and very valuable to trump for political purposes but nothing but wood for the agenda in u.s. north korea relations and so what president trump really needs is a handshake plus a commitment from kim jong un to restart working level t

>> thank you so much -- >> and tweeted hopefully about seeing kim jong-un again if only just to shake his hand. if only. >> kim jong-un at the dmz tomorrow, would you step across the border into north korea? >> sure. i would. i would. i would feel very comfortable doing that. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good saturday morning to you. there's a lot going on. we're starting with president trump. now on the way to south korea. and what could be an historic meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> the president tweeted an invitation to meet kim jong-un at the dmz for a handshake. >> uh-huh. >> or maybe more. he says he would now consider, think about this, he would consider stepping across the border into north korea. that's something no other president has ever done. >> now, there's a lot more coming out of this hour 14-minute news conference from the president. president trump said trade talks with back on with china with now tariffs on hold. he pushed back on the idea that he was joking about election meddling with russian president v

and he was also asked about a h letts received from kim jong-un. so let's take a listen to that. >> i just received a beautiful letter from kim jong-un, and i think the relationship is very well, but i appreciated the letter. i saw the information about the c.i.a. with respect to his brother, or half-brother, and i would tell him that would not happen under my-- under my aufoices. that's sure. >> schifrin: president trump saying he would not rec member of kim's family for spying. remind us, who was what dide provide to the c.i.a. and remind us how he died so publicly >> he was the firstborn son of the leader kim jong il, according to the hierarchy of korea, he should have been the .uccessor, the firstborn s he was not. he apparently fell out of favor, and he put himself into a kind of quasi-exile after 2001. until his younger brother, kim jong-un, became the leader ofko norta at the end of 2011, and then he seems to hve really fallen out of favor. he started to publicly criticize his brotr in quite oblique terms, but stilt leader brooks no criticism

dmz for a number of days since we learned he's going there but if you believe the president and kim jong-un version of events, this all began just over 24 hours ago with a tweet from the president inviting chairman kim to meet him for a handshake at the dmz and kim said that took him by surprise and his people called trump's people got things in motion. steven vegan was missing from the dinner here in seoul and have learned sources telling barbara starr was involved in secret talks at that very moment with north korea officials and when it seemed as if the north koreans were serious about making this happen, then they brought in more people and then we somehow miraculously during the overnight hours the ingredients came together for the chaotic at sometimes event with the secret service and north korean bodyguards standing next to each other and the press secretary got into a brawl with officials but trump and kim made hist and trump walked over the markation line and the first president to do so and had an hour of talks with criminal and they will restart stalled diplomacy and will it lead