from seoul to the bridge behind us where he will meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un. 0f the north korean leader, kimalmost legitimises the north korean state, which has had a record of human rights abuses and that it recognises the north korean state as a nuclear state. is that a good thing? the north korean state as a nuclear state. is that a good thing7m depends. in my opinion, without making some engagement with north korea and getting some concessions from the north korean side, the first thing is the issue of denuclearisation. those are some high priorities in terms of security matters. 0nce high priorities in terms of security matters. once we have some progress in this domain, then we can move to the other domain of internal politics of north korea economic cooperation or exchange. this is some kind of step—by—step approach to how to open in north korea and how to reform. we cannot do everything in a some will turn this way. changing north korea in order to improve. we are watching live footage. the south korean president on his way to meet kim jong—un. footage. the south korean president on

kim jong un i kim jong kim jong un invited president moon to north korea. they are talking about future summits. this is not just about today. we are looking forward to seeing what kind of communication and what kind of draft agreement will come up at the end of today. how much can they decide in one day? the blue house consistently said today is about how willing is north korea to new guindenuclea. >> we heard they had stand-ins to rehearse and this seems very relax relaxed. we don't know what they are saying. they seem at ease. >> reporter: they do. you know, christine, this is probably one of the first times we are seeing kim jong un like this. even when he went to china to meet with xi jinping. that was choreographed. this is heavily choreographed. we are seeing him in a more natural state. he is outside of his natural habitat outside of north korea where anytime we see him on state run immediamedia, we knows heavily edited and checked. he knows what is going out to the world and to his people. the two leaders appear to be getting on. >> completely contr

be consulted for technical inputs and also to have a direct face to face meeting with kim jong un but do you think kim jong un has got any intention any real intentions full complete denuclearization well it's still early days and i think the international community is becoming very impatient we've just had a few hours of direct meeting between the south korean and north korean president says a lot of rhetoric flying around bickley in pyongyang and washington and then you have what's called the pundit area or the think tanks and experts and the washington beltway all of whom are pontificating us to what needs to be done so i think we need to be patient this negotiation if it starts is going to take several months it will have many technical elements for example it took the russians and the americans under president obama after nearly two years to negotiate the new strategic reduction treaty it took nearly twelve years for the joint a comprehensive plan of action to be negotiated with iran and other countries so i don't think we need we should be impatient or expect too much too soon and i think in thi

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kim jong-un. >> really? >> yes, and at the same time the wife of chairman kim jong-un and chairman kim jong-un's sister kim il jong with at the head table. it made the atmosphere much more amicable and lively. >> it was really as relaxed as it looked? >> it was extremely relaxed. people were moving around different tables, proposing a toast and congratulating the success of the summit. >> and did you expect it to be like that? >> no, i didn't expect it, i thought there must be some kind of tension, some kind of difficulty in arriving at that kind of declaration but i didn't see the kinds of difficulties. >> how did kim come across? what was his persona like? his body language? did you shake his hand? did he look you in the eye? >> oh, yes. he's just ordinary and normal. but he has charisma, but he's extremely friendly, willing to accommodate any person's approach. of course the setting was somewhat different, last night's banquet. but however he was very, very -- he showed very ordinary and amicable behavior towards the other members from south korea. >> what was the most important thing for you given how lon

generations of the kim family and so that that is entirely that's centrally important to their to their calculations and i think that it's very important to understand that that kim kim jong un does indeed intend to bring about a comprehensive solution with trump if it's at all possible and i think that this has happened primarily i would argue because of president moon of south korea's patient diplomacy with the north and with trump and clearly trump moon has been very clever in appealing to trump's sense of vanity you know making it possible for trump to say i am the one who has made this possible and it couldn't have happened without me as long as the moon is able to carry on that diplomacy with trump i do have some hope for these talks really succeeding but of course we have john bolton whispering i'm totally. oh yeah and to convince him to do something different that is the fly in the ointment to say the least but but definitely i think that trump is now moving in the direction that is hopeful on peace with north korea and that is quite an astonishing turn of events even more astonishing i must say than nixon going to china yeah let me go to that back to mohamed one

president moon jae—in and first summit meeting between president moonjae—in and kim jong—unin president moonjae—in and kimour government might say there is quite a lot of wishful thinking involved, because essentially, apart from some statements, kim jong—un and has really given up nothing in order to get to the summit. well, i believe still the announcement made by pyongyang on the 20th of april, which includes the suspension of the nuclear testing and missile launchers, as well as the shutdown of the nuclear testing site in the northern part of north korea speaks volumes about the direction in which the north koreans will go in terms of denuclearisation and when they come to talks with us and the americans. are of course we will not come to any conclusions regarding the denuclearisation. we will be serious, we will be very stubborn and talking with the north koreans of the importance of the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. president trump will follow friday's summit with a summit of his own. a lot of people are very surprised that he agreed to this. how surprised was your government? well perso

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialists had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abbay that he'd conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al jazeera sold. let's bring in our guests and joining us in geneva tara grove former head of the verification and security policy coordination office at the international atomic energy agency and in seoul was skype peter ward a rise of and k. news who researches. what it's like and what you're probably now to take it to jordan's capital amman where this dinner. just take my pompei out it's making alongside jordan's foreign minister i'm on safari let's listen to what they have to say man know what. love the appeal by now know that i'm not a m

of that plan and kim jong—un‘s father, kim jong—il. of that plan and kim jong—un‘s father, kimjong—il. peninsular at those times, and it hasn't come to anything in the past. hasn't come to anything in the past. to be caught up in the upper sphere here. here. leaders and a real sense that something might be changing. something might be changing. point off, does kimjong—un really want to give up its nuclear weapons? want to give up its nuclear weapons? is the potential for real change to take place in the coming months. take place in the coming months. rupert, many thanks. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. extraordinary images. what has been the international reaction? the international reaction? broadly welcome, but a cautious welcome. welcome, but a cautious welcome. good things are happening, but only time will tell. time will tell. secretary borisjohnson has in the last few minutes issued a statement. last few minutes issued a statement. said this summit is not the end in itself. itself. there are still many questions to be answered. questions to be answered. into

recognition of north korea as a normal state in the international community and kim jong un as international community and kimommunity and kim jong un as a legitimate leader of normal state. so i think that this is not the arrival point but unlike what happened in 2008 what is happening right now is very different and it can be really a different path to ward rapprochement and on the peninsula and with the us that has to include an eclair rotation but cannot be limited to that. for example including a peace treaty or normalisation with the relations. and we have heard the new secretary of state for the us, mike pompeo, talking in greater detail about the conversation he had in pyongyang with the north koreans about the question of what irreversible denuclearisation would look like. what you think the options are for the two sides as they approach the discussions for that trump cheap kim jong un summit? discussions for that trump cheap kim jong un summit? as i said, i believe there has to be flexibility on both sides. if the american government wa nts to sides. if the american government wants to sit down at t

generations of the kim family and so that that is entirely that's centrally important to their to their calculations. and i think that it's very important to understand that that kim kim jong un does indeed intend to bring about a comprehensive solution with trump if it's at all possible and i think that this has happened primarily i would argue because of president moon of south korea's patient diplomacy with the north and with trump and clearly trump moon has been very clever in appealing to trump's sense of vanity you know making it possible for trump to say i am the one who has made this possible and it couldn't have happened with the. me as long as the moon is able to carry on that diplomacy with trump i do have some hope for these talks really succeeding but of course we have john bolton whispering in trouble you're going to convince him to do something different that is the fly in the ointment to say the least but but definitely i think that trump is now moving in the direction that is hopeful on peace with north korea and that is quite an astonishing turn of events even more astonishing i must say than nixon going to china yeah let me quote about back to doha moham

generations of the kim family and so that that is entirely that's centrally important to their to their calculations. and i think that it's very important to understand that that kim kim jong un does indeed intend to bring about a comprehensive solution with trump if it's at all possible and i think that this has happened primarily i would argue because of president moon of south korea's patient diplomacy with the north and with trump and clearly trump moon has been very clever in appealing to trump's sense of vanity you know making it possible for trump to say i am the one who has made this possible and it couldn't have happened with the. me as long as the moon is able to carry on that diplomacy with trump i do have some hope for these talks really succeeding but of course we have john bolton whispering in trouble you're going to convince him to do something different that is the fly in the ointment to say the least but but definitely i think that trump is now moving in the direction that is hopeful on peace with north korea and that is quite an astonishing turn of events even more astonishing i must say than nixon going to china yeah let me go to that back to doha mohame

kim jong-un. mike pompeo met in kim jong-un in north korea last week. meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed. details of summit are being worked out now. denuclearization will be a great thing for world but also

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialists had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abbay that he'd conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said it was mutual kathy novak al-jazeera sold. the syrian army has captured a string of villages from u.s. backed syrian democratic forces near the iraqi border. south of the country the government has announced a deal with opposition fighters to evacuate areas around southern damascus near the palestinian refugee camp the deal with the syrian government comes amid an army offensive to push out of the area activists believe half of the refugee camp has been destroyed in a week of violence the u.n. says some three thousand five hundred people have fled the cab. a u.n. s

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said its clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialists had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told me that he'd conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al jazeera soul. opposition activists in a mania are holding more rallies ahead of a vote in parliament on choose day to choose a new prime minister and then rounding that protest leader nicole passion and be chosen to leave the country the previous prime minister says to gas and resigned a week ago after demonstrations against him play taken on the job after spending and decades as president let's get now to robin forrester walker who is in the gallery on many a second largest city and there have been major developments from him today as least with reg

south korea says north korean leader kim jong un has promised to dismantle its nuclear test site next month the pledge was made during kim summit with president mungy in on friday but there's no word about the future of north korea's ballistic missile program or whether pyongyang will agree to demands by u.s. president donald trump to get rid of its existing nuclear arsenal kathy novak reports from seoul. the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the pooncarie nuclear test center next month and invited american and south korean experts and journalists to inspect it days before the summit north korea announced it would shut down the site of all six nuclear bomb tests kim referred to speculation that test explosions had so badly damaged the site it couldn't have been used again anyway. should on chairman kim said when they come they will see that we have two bigger tunnels than the current test facilities and they are in good condition this . the willin

leader kim jong un next month he specifically said pyongyang must show it's taking irreversible steps to get rid of its nuclear program and according to south korea there may be hope for this after kim pledge to dismantle a nuclear testing site in friday's historic summit with president lungi in hundreds of migrants from central america have reached the mexican border with the united states they have spent a month on the road and hoping to cross into the u.s. in order to seek asylum. armenia's ruling party says it will not stop a protest leader who's led massive anti-government rallies from leading the country but only if the opposition unites behind him demonstrators have been rallying out of tuesday's parliamentary vote to choose a new prime minister they are demanding that protest leader nicole be chosen for the top job on me as previous prime minister. resigned a week ago after demonstrations against him. the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces say they have repelled the syrian army from taking several villages along the border with iraq meanwhile the government is saying that it's made a deal with opposition fighters to evacuate areas around southern damascus. those are the to

kim jong-un. president trump and the pressure are the reasons kim jong-un wants this meeting. we'll be looking to achieve our outcome between the president and kim jong-un. >> do you think he's really had a change of heart on this? i mean, if you look at kim jong-un, this is somebody who assassinated his uncle right after coming into power. poisoned his half-brother. did more to advance north korea's nuclear facilities, missile capabilities than his father. more to advance the military than his grandfather. do you think he's ready to give up the pride of that country right now, the nuclear program? >> kim jong-un will have to make a decision. a big decision. does he want the pressure campaign to continue? does he want president trump to continue to place them in the location that he finds himself today? or is he looking for something big and bold and different? something that hasn't happened before? i don't know which way it will go. as the president as said, only time will tell. we have a mission set. an obligation to engage in diplomatic discourse. to try and find a peaceful

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said its clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialist had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abyei that he had conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al jazeera sold. hundreds of migrants from central america trying to enter the united states from mexico after a month on the road they reach the u.s. border with protesters on the american side of the fence there to welcome them the migrants including many from honduras and el salvador hoping to seek asylum in the u.s. but the trump administration has vowed to crack down on immigration so rob granules joins us live now from san ysidro border crossing just south of san diego and we know that u.s. officials have been reacting to the caravan's

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialists had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo of a that he had conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al-jazeera sort. well as weeks of protests continue at the garza israel border the highest authority in the palestinian liberation organization is a for election for the first time in over two decades now the palestinian national council will elect a new executive committee at the convention in ramallah it's also a platform to discuss potential successors to president mahmoud abbas the p n c some six hundred ninety members which include representatives of various factions independents military personnel and other associations but many of the

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialist had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abyei that he had conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al jazeera sold. now this ours is in thailand have released a magazine at its twenty thirteen was sentenced to eleven years in prison for insulting the king some new york for some sort of used his magazine to campaign for the law to be changed he refused to plead guilty or to seek a royal pardon critics say the prohibition on themselves and the king is used to stifle political dissent scott hardly has more now from bangkok. but there are some that was released from prison early monday morning after serving seven years of an eleven year combi

kim kim jong un is also reported to have said even though the united states is inherently hostile towards north korea once they talk with us they will get to know that i am not the kind of person to launch nuclear weapons towards the south or target the united states across the pacific south korea says kim intends to eliminate another sign of division by changing pyongyang's time zone by half an hour to realign with the south north korea said it's clocks back three years ago saying then that japanese imperialist had imposed tokyo time when korea was an occupied colony moon also briefed japan's prime minister and told shinzo abbay that he'd conveyed japan's willingness for talks with north korea a willingness kim jong un said was mutual kathy novak al-jazeera sold. now in the past half hour hundreds of migrants from central america have reached the mexican border with the united states we're seeing live pictures of the border now from the mexican side they spent a month on the road on a hoping to cross into the u.s. and seek asylum but activists have warned they may not be welcomed by u.s. authorities the among lower palo joins me now live from this parts of the mexican border and city in tijuana so i understand it's kind of decision day manuel ai that decide whether to make it a bit to

also, it would be dangerous because it sends the wrong signal to north korea and kim jong-un. if kim jong-un is looking at the united states' behavior and sees tafter a year and a half years, the president of the other members of the alliance united states is ready to back out of an agreement that was made with the leader of another country regarding nuclear weapons, why in the world would the north korean dictator enter into any kind of agreement with ited states, seeing that kind of track record? laura: angela merkel is at the white house tomorrow. can she change the president's mind? p. castro: at this point you can try anybody to change his mind. whoever is successful would be great. i hope angela merkel has a productive and good meeting with the president. i hope she will make the case for staying in the iran deal, and perhaps she will prevail upon him. laura: congressman joaquin castro, thank you for joining us. rep. castro: thank you. other news, the white house has confirmed that president trump will travel to the u.k. on july 13. he wl hold talks with prime minister theresa

and this all started with up donald trump agreeing to sit down for a summit with kim jong-un. kim jong-un has gone from being cast aside as the ruler of a global pariah and now with a meeting with the president of south korea next week. xi jinping is going to visit him in pyongyang. something the chinese president never would have visited him before. japan and russia are scheduling out trying to reach their own summit with kim jong-un. and the u.s. and north korea are still working, we believe, to finalize a date and location for this historic sit-down with president trump. i've been speaking with diplomatic sources over the last week who were optimistic believing that president trump could be the one u.s. president that could figure out a way to breakthrough to north korea. this announcement from the north korea state media does confirm a dramatic shift in north korean policy, a commitment apparently to engage ahead of the historic talks. it is really an extraordinary development. >> it truly is, will ripley. i know you have been to north korea several times over these past few y

i think president trump should use the opportunity of dialogue and meeting that kim jong-un -- to tell him kim jong-un cannot reach his goal of nuclear state if he continues to possess nuclear weapons. and president trump should state very clearly that ame would continue its economic sanctions and military buildup if kim jong-un stays on the current track. but i'm very skeptical. because these days american government and american experts are saying that the complete cvid principle should be applied on the process of denuclearizing of north korea. >> what's cvid? >> the complete verifiable, irreversible dismantlement of nuclear weapons of north korea. but i'm very skeptical that north korea is willing to accept that kind of principle. because the concept of cvid, it is really a nice word, but so far it has never been tried. >> tested or applied. >> tested to any country. to north korea, if they accept complete cvid, then that's the end of north korean system. >> as you know, there's been criticism that human rights will not specifically be put on the table in the north/south summit. what do yo

south korean president kim dae junge backed by the clinton administration in washington was promoting in gage meant warmly welcomed into enemy territory by then leader kim jong il kim jong il had been north korean leader for six years and was fresh from his first overseas visit to china with pyongyang on the world stage fascinated citizens across the border watched events unfold on television. the europeans keep saying that i live like a recluse thanks to president kim's visit i'm liberated from reclusion. this three day display of friendship culminated in an agreement and one of the south korean president a nobel peace prize among the promises reunions for families separated by the korean war and a joint business park at kaesong just north of the border. but global politics weren't on their side. in two thousand the u.s. had a change in administration from clinton to bush and the hard line policy became prominent the results of the two thousand summit weren't sustained. don young was unification minister under the next south korean president roh moo hyun who continued his predecessor's sunshine policy in two thousand and five chung delivered an invitation to kim j

kim jong un's expressed goal of complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> martha: president trump praising the outcome of historic meeting between the south korean president moon and north korean leader kimg un. today, this: look at these pictures. i just can't get over it. it's really an amazing moment. what will come of it nobody really knows. but today they signed this joint declaration to end the seven decade war and to purview what they are calling complete denuclearization of the peninsula. the landmark peace deal giving the united states hope that president trump can find the same success in his summit with the rogue regime when they meet next month. >> we get a kick every once in a while out of the fact that i'll be watching people that fail so badly over the last 25 years explaining to me how to make a deal with north korea. i get a big, big kick out of that but, we are doing very well. i think that something very dramatic could happen. >> martha: today from the president. now general jack keane chairman for the institute of study of war and fox news strategic senior analyst. good to see, general, as always. >> good to see you, martha. >> martha: have you remarked quite a bit on

the missile testing of kim jong un was unprecedented. in january of 2018, kim jong un said he would potentially send people to the olympics and open dialogue with the south koreans. since that point, it has been inten intense. i heard from officials during the olympics who met with kim jong un's sister. i said what was the atmosphere. they said it was the north koreans pushing this forward and saying we need to do this as quickly as possible. it was the south koreans saying let's wait. let's do this properly and be cautious. the north koreans wanted to do everything quickly. something we heard from the u.s. president donald trump. the north koreans want to meet right now. they don't want to wait. it has been driven by pyongyang. the fact this has been at such an intense pace. it really is quite incredible. i have to step back and remember just where we were a matter of months ago. clearly people in south korea are going to be happier. even if they don't think this will last, they will be happier hearing there is potentially a declaration being signed between th

his appeasement of north korea, kim jong il, kim jong un's father.emember this diplomatic dereliction? take a look. >> this is a good deal for the united states. north korea will freeze and dismantle its nuclear program. south korea and our other allies will be better protected. the entire world will beou safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons.. south korea, with support from japan and other nations, will bear most of the cost of providing north korea with fuel nuclearup for the energy it is losing. and they will pay for an alternative power system for north korea that will allow them to produce electricity while making it much harder for them to produce nuclear weapons. the united states and international inspectors will carefully monitor north korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. only as it does so will north korea fully join k the community of nations. >> sean: didn't work out too well. it's time to learn from the failures on the world stage. appeasement never works. it incurs aggression. this is something former president reagan k

historic meeting between president monday and the north korean leader kim jong un on friday and in that briefing we are told that kim jong un told monday in that he intends to close the north korean nuclear test facility and invite experts from the u.s. and south korea as well as journalists to inspect it he seemed to refer to the speculation that some experts had been saying that perhaps after six nuclear tests the most recent one being the most powerful in north korea said it was a hydrogen bomb that perhaps the nuclear test facility had been compromised that north korea would not be able to conduct any more nuclear tests anyway but apparently what kim jong un said was that there are two more tunnels that the international community was unaware of and that's something that they would see if they came next month as invited to inspect the nuclear test facility of course the two leaders signed a declaration on friday and there was a reference there to a common goal of a nuclear free korean peninsula through complete denuclearization but it had been pointed out that there were no more specifics around that ahead of th

kim jong un honorable? because there is nothing honorable about kim jong un. he's a sociopath. >> sean: you saw the mainstream media attacking this president. no matter what he does. if he gave $10 million to every person on earth, they would say why not 11? i guess they forgot about trump's peace through strength of strategy and how it's working. we sent multiple carrier strike group to the region. we increased the sanctions on the rogue regime. we pressured china, and they helped. oh, yeah, and the president called out little rocket man's terrible treatment of his own people in a very clear and public way without backing down. the media is not used to this. >> no one is shown more contempt for other nations and for the well-being of their own people than the depraved regime in north korea. it is responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of north koreans and for the imprisonment, torture, killing, and oppression of countless mor more. the horror of life in north korea is so complete that citizens pay bribes to government officials to have themselves ex

this is the first time kim jong—un and moon jae—in our meeting, the first summit between the two countries. kimg—un will become the first north korean leader to cross the border since the korean war. sorry, professor, i just interrupted since the korean war. sorry, professor, ijust interrupted you. there are some critics who are sceptical, who are worried that this summit between the two very unpredictable men, kim jong—un and donald trump, could go wrong. what is your view? yes, thus far, as you said, the unpredictability of the political leaders can, conducive to the happening of the historic summit, both recognise that there are bargaining leverage —— recognise the bargaining leverage of the counterpart, and they hope they can make good the meeting in the summit. and from now, from the... at the summit table, an productivity is transformed from an asset into a liability. instead, mr trump, transformed from an asset into a liability. instead, mrtrump, as well as mr kimjong—un, will try liability. instead, mrtrump, as well as mr kim jong—un, will try to make some very credible commitments, esp

everything up the fact of the matter is that mungy him is the person who has been able to tease kim jong il kim jong un out into the sunshine and has open and shown him a pathway to global integration and as well as not south reconciliation. in the south korean progressive government has a lead this process of reconciliation which has dramatically altered the dynamics on the on the korean peninsula of course the olympics also have helped and therefore it is not the insult they extend that they leave the process that they would have dragged other parties along including the united states credit allies with the peninsula parties ok john let me go to you more or less the same question here because the dynamic changes considerably if there is a peace between the two koreas after sixty eight years big start coming to some. defense and security measures that both can accept then regime change as it were that we hear so many people talking about in in the washington foreign policy blob that kind of is taken off the table because that would not be in south korea's interests go ahead john in washington.

kim jong—un? and potential rewards, then, of a meeting with kim jong-un? otential for him in a maker, and so there is a lot of potentialfor him in a big summit with kim jong—un to buttress that image. the downside is that there area image. the downside is that there are a lot of gaps between the us and north korean understanding of the major issues, and there is a big chance that he won't get the sort of victories, especially on denuclearisation, that he is really hoping for. what exactly would he wa nt hoping for. what exactly would he want kim jong—un to hoping for. what exactly would he want kimjong—un to give, or to concede? what would be the basis of some sort of deal? - the % nuclear north korea's nuclear weapons programme, and it seems like that is the main basis for a comprehensive deal. it is not clear whether president trump would be willing to accept anything less than that, and it is also pretty clear that the north koreans would not be willing to completely give up their nuclear weapons programme, and i think that is going to be a major stickin

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kim. and to prepare him for that, he have to be clear with the president. here's what north korea's objectives are and here's what kim jong-un is going to do to try to pursue that and that should be the focus. >> can kimld he be given the benefit of the doubt, both of you? >> no. no. >> no. >> the kim regimes, three of them now have shown over and over a willingness to make an agreement and then either break that agreement or cheat on that agreement. so whatever we agree to, there's got to be a very tough verification regime. >> the president has the new national security team, a new secretary of state. in the past, though, president trump has said north korea must scrap its weapons programs before any relief of sanctions. do you think he's going to be able to hold the line on that? >> i think what just happened was very clearly choreographed to try to set up a more gradual process where there may be some sanctions relief, there may be compromises by north korea on its weapons program. and i think the vital question will be whether president trump can declare victory by still allowing kim a little bit more time to get rid of his nuclear weapons program, if he's even willing to do that while he builds

simply by agreeing to having a meeting with kim jong-un he is giving kim jong-un a huge propaganda victory. he is legitimating kim jong-un on the international stage and we don't know if we'll get anything in return. there's a high probability that this summit that occurs will be a disaster. not going to work out the way donald trump imagines it. >> host: max boot's best-selling book is "invisible armies" and epic history of guerrilla warfare. his most recent book is this one one, "the road not taken" edward lansdale and the american tragedy of vietnam. let's hear from stanley in ellensburg, washington. stanley, one more chance to talk. >> guest: no stanley. >> host: i think his question was about according to what i have here on my cheat sheet he was going to ask why there were no vietnam vets on the panel. >> guest: i didn't drop the panel so i have no idea. >> host: i don't know if you knew but the last questioner spent six years as a p.o.w.. >> guest: that was very moving and although there weren't a lot of vietnam vets on the panel there were a lot of vietnam in the audience. >> calle

speaking of north korea south korea says kim jong un has promised to shut down north korea's nuclear bomb test site next month the pledge was made during kim's summit with president in on friday but there's no word about the future of north korea's ballistic missile program or whether kim will bow to demands by us present to get rid of nuclear weapons kathy novak has our report from seoul. the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the pool in getting a nuclear test center next month and invited american and south korean experts and journalists to inspect it days before the summit north korea announced it would shut down the site of all six nuclear bomb tests kim referred to speculation that test explosions had so badly damaged the site it couldn't have been used again anyway you don't shit on chairman kim said when they come they will see that we have to figure tunnels than the current test facilities and they are in good condition this. the willingness to allow businesse

south korea is prepared to welcome north korean leader kim jong-il and -- kim jong-un for talks. the first to set foot in the south in more than 60 years. the peninsula has seen some dramatic diplomatic strides over recent weeks and the hope is that this meeting will significantly ease tensions. when he crosses this border marker to attend the inter-korean summit, it will be the first to set foot on south korean summit ended 60 years ago. hoping for a lifting of sanctions. this does not mean north korea plans to denuclearize. professor of political science it's all national university believes that north korea will use its new weapon as a bargaining tool. >> if you are, you have a luxury to think about the economic issues. there is a security issue. >> some are skeptical that the summit is good news. >> there could be complete denuclearization and closing the test site. but we can't believe it. >> others see it as a cause for optimism. >> it can sometimes lead to a better outcome. that's why i think it's a good idea. >> obviously, it will take time. we'll see if it's possible for

handshake on friday between north korea's leader kim jong—un friday between north korea's leader kimjong—un and friday between north korea's leader kim president of south korea, moon jae—in. kim jong—un and the president of south korea, moonjae—in. across, of course, heavily fortified border in the world. there was talk of peace, of working together to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. albeit without any specifics. how optimistic are you feeling about that, maria? well, it was an amazing moment, wasn't it, to see these two men holding hands and skipping over the concrete barrier like to boys in kindergarten. —— two boys. 0nly months after kimi is shooting missiles towards japan and trump is calling him little rocket man and boasting about his button. i think optimism has momentum and i think thatis optimism has momentum and i think that is important. 0bviously optimism has momentum and i think that is important. obviously there is so much we don't know. we know we have been somewhere a little bit like this before not quite the same. i don't think kim has spoken before, oi’ i don't think kim has spoken before, or the north korea i

leader kim jong un next month he specifically said pyongyang was show it's taking irreversible steps to get rid of its nuclear program and according to south korea there may be hope for this after kim pledged to dismantle its nuclear testing site during friday's historic summit kathy novak has more from seoul. the world saw the smiles and handshakes on friday now the south korean president's office is revealing more of what was said behind closed doors at the historic summit south korea says kim jong un promised to close the pool in getting a nuclear test center next month and invited american and south korean experts and journalists to inspect it days before the summit north korea announced it would shut down the site of all six nuclear bomb tests kim referred to speculation that test explosions had so badly damaged the site it couldn't have been used again anyway you don't shit on chairman kim said when they come they will see that we have to figure tunnels than the current test facilities and they are in good condition this. the willingness to allow visitors to the test center appears to be another concession before the planned summit with donald trump and the north koreans by t

kim jong—un. translation: reassessing their view of kim jong—un. w of kim jong-un. translation: i used to think of north korea negatively, but now, little by little, i've realised we wa nt now, little by little, i've realised we want people and touched by it. translation: this time, kim jong-un speaks with conviction. i think that is why this time it will be different. kim jong-un seems to be saying all of the right things, and changing the clocks is a good sign of unity. he has also said through the south koreans that the south poses no threat to the us or to them. but it kind of misses the point. the us do not want them to have those weapons in the first place. south koreans have to wait and see if the us president can do a deal on denuclearisation. history is taught them to be wary of the north, but there is hope here that this could be the start of a new era. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. some breaking news from northern ireland, where the police service of northern ireland have said that they have discovered a viable explosive device during a