and north korea. the two koreas themselves that's the just a three-way approach a be the most useful in moving ahead. process ofleanse the denuclearization is an understanding that the united states, north korea and south korea are bound up in the larger historical process in which their respective roles are radically shifting. already that the two meetings have shown the north korea today is open to an interim solution, interim state of affairs in the peninsula, whereby reunification remains koreans,al goal of all have deferred to future generations to resolve. during this period, u.s. troops can and should remain in korea, -- so that -- and other officials over the years. officials have been known to propose different versions of this idea that have caught americans by surprise. for example u.s. troops should be moved into the dmz. so that they can naturally protect the south against the north. protect the north against the south. they should be transformed into a peacekeeping force. they can play m

korea. was hosted by the arms control association. it is 1.5 hours. >> all right. good afternoon. i'm the executive director of the independent nonpartisan nongovernmental arms control association based here in washington, and d.c. to helping toed reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. we are here for a briefing on the talks of the denuclearization of the north korean peninsula. we are gathered here on the 65th anniversary of the armistice. later, tensions have not ended. over the course of the last several decades, north korea has capabilities, dangerous capabilities including nuclear weapons and missile technology to protect their security, they u.s.into deter potential aggression. beginning with president george h.w. bush, the united states has sought to use diplomacy and pressure to keep --th korea some limitedn success in the past, such as the 1994 framework pursued by president bill clinton. that halted north korea's plutonium program for about eight years but ultimately that agreement

tensions between north korea, south korea and south korea's allies the united states has not ended. over the course of the last several decades, north koreans pursued dangerous capabilities including nuclear weapons and missile technology to protect their security and to deter potential u.s. aggression. for a long time, beginning with president george h w bush, the united states has sought to use diplomacy and ushered to keep north korea in compliance with its nuclear proliferation treaty obligations by verifiable he halting and eliminating north koreans nuclear weapons capability. ultimately, that agreement and other efforts fell apart as the two sides accused when another of failing to follow through on their respective commitments. today, north korea has a weapons 20-50 warheads. the exact number is not clear. and ballistic missiles that can those to asia. the reality is that any conflict with north korea today would likely involve north korea -- nuclear weapons and the death of millions if not tens of millions of koreans, japanese and american people in the region and beyond. af

south korea, right? south korea didn't sign. but i'm going to tell you, because they wanted to see unification. there is unfinished business. the american general who signed the armistice was very somber. this was not a parade the war is over. he said, i cannot find it in me rather wen this hour, must to the difficult endeavor to turn this armistice to the advantage of mankind and any hope we have right now must be diluted with the recognition that we have unrelenting effort. i thought about it, what would he think now? well, i think in many ways we did turn this armistice to the advantage of mankind and see that in the rise of the republic of korea and see that in a powerful way. it's a great story and one in which we as americans can take satisfaction. very unexpected. it's also maintained an imperfect but nonetheless peace that allowed the rise of south korea but the rise of china. stability in the nade which is quite historic. so, you know, how do we build on that? and some of that is the feeling i have, well, what did you t

and north korea and the republic of korea stands ready to provide whatever assistance is needed to move the dialogue along. since the security council sanctions as we have agreed to in our trilateral meeting will remain in place and faithfully implemented until we are assured of complete denuclearization by north korea. north korea's denuclearization and provision of security guarantees and economic development that it desires must move together in our joint efforts to chart a brighter future towards lasting peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula and indeed beyond in this region this was the blueprint set forth in president moon speech in berlin a year ago as well as the vision that president trump and chairman kim agreed to in singapore and therefore it is thus in the interest of all that we move forward expeditiously in this endeavor. we have also confirmed once again that the are ok us alliance is firm and strong and will remain so during this process of north korea's denuclearization we have made it clear that decisions to suspend certain parts of the or ok u.s. joint military

and south korea. but for anyone who is hereni or listening or to participate and i thank you for that and also the people i have met here. i'm sorry. i mean it left matt 65 years later is it is a hot topic it is the big moment on the korean peninsula. and as it comes up so why do we still have a cease-fire? what does peace look like? well you have nuclear weapons? and now say we have peace. and how we will sequence with that negotiating strategy to have greater confidence. and that is something i have thought about over the years that there were three people who signed the armistice. one is an american second day chinese general of volunteer army and the north koreans general. who is missing from that? that is another story. so this is unfinished business. but the general who signed the armistice issued a statement and said afterwords and i am just paraphrasing but i cannot find it in me in this hour. but rather we must turn to the difficult endeavor to turn this pharmacist to mom -- armistice with th

this is how north korea operates. narrator: recent satellite imagery analyzed by amnesty international shows thato ince kim jong un camewer, the political prison 200,000 civilians who are outside of the criminal penal system. one of the camps, hwasong,te is 540 square kilo, three times the size of washington, d.c. narrator: it's estimated that as many as one in 100 north koreans is a pical prisoner, many of whom were caught trying to defect. stil several thousand northreans trh china each year. idlee, the former street k fled when he was 18. (translated): i was very scared, but i thought, "it's better to die than live like an insect." before i left, i prefored a little bit of . i roasted some beans. i ate little bits of that as i went on my way. i o the top of the mountains to see where the gu then at night, i crossed the river when nobody was watching. i crossed the river alone and made it into china. i usedcthe sun to get my direns and went inland. narrator: ctors like lee risk getting caught and sent back by china,

and north korea have been warming earlier this week north korea return the remains of american soldiers sixty five years after the end of the korean war the gesture of peace came weeks after an historic summit the two countries agreed to work toward the quote total denuclearization of the korean peninsula a day later u.s. president donald trump declared that north korea was no longer a threat but now the washington post has published reports citing u.s. intelligence that get undermined the apparent diplomatic progress on the peninsula . according to the report this missile research facility and sunroom done north korea is being built up rather than torn down. neighbor north korea is on alert hustling korean government is closely watching north korean movements and closely working with the united states however i hope you understand that we are not able to speak about intelligence reports. this on the heels of reports that north korea is continuing to enrich uranium in secret and critics say the trumpet ministration is being played by north korea last week u.s. secretary of state mike po

look at north korea. it is very strategic because he came to the united states and then he came to china for his move has been quite strategic and i hope trump has learned a lesson in the process but at the same time we can't fox in kim jung un and we can make him make a promise to the international community. so with immigration and trade and give us some credit and i'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. so what other remaining challenges? so the first question we have to ask if you talk about cbid complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization. [laughter] 's been a thank you. cvid. but to be realistic. and then those that have a concern in other words that the theater could pay off. they don't want to break the whole framework so i feel like kim jung un is trying to control the pace. and somewhat becoming impatient a are eager to do more with the project but because of sanctions they have restraint. so they're asking the united states to make some exceptions but so far say no. and then wit

leadership on north korea has been evident this morning. the reason i came here today was to meet with members of the un security council, south korea and japan as well, to convey details on my work to trip -- on my work to north korea and the progress made there. i also met with the un's theetary-general to discuss topic and other topics as well. the countries of the security council are united on the need for final and fully their five denuclearize asian of north korea, as agreed to by chairman kim. the strict enforcement of is critical to us achieving this goal. all member states have unanimously agreed to enforce sanctions on north korea, and we expect them to honor those commitments. if they are not enforced, prospects for denuclearization diminished.ea are right now, north korea is illegally smuggling petroleum products. -- these illegal transfers from ship to ship are the prominent means by which these are happening. these transfers happened at least 89 times in the first five months of this year and they continue to occur. the unite

korea and the u.s. have started to have talks and as those things are happening, we in the security council and the international community have to support those talks and the best way we can support those talks is to not loose in the sanctions. and what we have been seeing is certain countries wanting to do waivers, certain countries sanctions,et us lift certain countries wanting to do more. ist we continue to reiterate we cannot do one thing until we see north korea respond to their promise to denuclearize. some sort ofe action. until then, the security council will hold tight. international community to hold tight as we go forward. the problem we are encountering is that some of our friends have decided they want to go around the roles. use all of the oil ban. wesecretary pompeo said -- have seen 89 times when that has happened. we have photographs of ship to ship transfers. our friends -- we decided to come together and make sure that this stopped. the u.s. yesterday put a halt to all additional ref

now, north korea and the u.s. have started to have talks. and as those things are happening, we, in the search purity council and the international community have to support those talks. and the best way we can support those talks is to not listen the sanctions. and what we have been seeing is certain countries wanting to do waivers, certain countries saying less left sanctions peers are countries wanting to do more and what i appreciate secretary pompeo coming up and will we continue to reiterate is, we cannot do one thing until we see north korea respond to their promise to denuclearize.we have to see some sort of action. until the action happens, the security council will hold tight. the international community, we ask you to hold tight. as we go forward. the problem we are encountering is that some of our friends have decided that they want to go around the rules. he saw that there was violations of the oil band. we have as secretary pompeo said, we have seen 89 times, were that has happened. we have photographs of proof of ship to ship

korea and the united states.ut the framework of peace, normalisation, north korea becoming a normal prosperous east asian country that is more integrated in the region, then you have a common framework. denuclearisation is part of that. obviously it's the key test for the americans as to whether the north koreans are serious oi’ not. i think americans need to think about what is the basic framework, the paradigm, if you will, for what is happening. i would argue peace, normalisation, is a better overarching framework. denuclearisation comes as part of that. thank you very much. that is professor john delury in seoul. of the last few minutes mike pompeo has been at a press conference with the japanese foreign minister. —— in the japanese foreign minister. —— in the last few minutes. let us have a listen. yes, sure. ithink our the last few minutes. let us have a listen. yes, sure. i think our goal remains complete denuclearisation. i think the ffed as used by secretary pompeo is softer in sharing our goal of comple

military plane was allowed into north korea on friday morning to bring them to a base in south korea it's believed that the remains of five thousand three hundred u.s. soldiers are still in north korea more than sixty years after the fighting stopped friday marks the sixty fifth anniversary of the armistice that ended the war one israeli settler is dead and two others injured after being stabbed in the occupied west bank the attack happened in are them southwest of ramallah a palestinian suspect was killed after entering the settlement and carrying out the attack in response the israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman says four hundred more subtle homes will be built in the area. an internal israeli military report is expected to find no grounds for further investigation into the killings of palestinian protesters by army snipers and israeli newspaper reports the army will not true for any soldiers to the military police over their conduct it says the military is blaming operational mishaps for the deaths of anyone who was not an intended target. ugandan president looks like he'll

and north korea of a no north korea's nuclear program john feffer is back with us director of foreign policy in focus at the institute of policy studies in washington via skype hopefully our connection works a little bit better this time so just to set this up again with my first question remind our viewers we have we had these talks with two completely different versions from each side about how how they went what do you think's going on here well why is that well i think the trumpet ministration basically tried to kind of push a hard line position it's sensitive to criticism here in the united states that it's basically giving away the show to north korea also wants to demonstrate that it is showing resolve if you will and at the same time trump administration has invested enormous amount of political capital into this process and wants to demonstrate that the singapore summit was a success so i think that explains why it has the best face on the results of this meeting. do you think. in terms of the u.s. in there or perhaps president trump in his desire to to get this going and say

. -- north korea.eeding with kim jong on was an interesting and very positive experience. north korea has great potential for the future. as you heard our guest talk about earlier today, if you want to give comment on that, it is (202) 748-8000 for democrats. republicans, (202) 748-8001. .ndependents, (202) 748-8002 you can also post on our twitter feed. john is next from columbia heights, maryland. , in 2018, etc.l america last year spent $1.6 trillion in military defense. russia spent $66 billion. china spent $29 billion. add are getting ready to another $716 billion to the military judgment -- budget. when people of the world see america beefing up its military, it has got to be some reason. host: your thoughts on the talks between the united states and north korea. caller: they get news from all over the world about what this nation is doing. they can talk all they want, that nobody trusts this nation anymore. we are supposed to be a nation of laws. host: you do not think these talks will be produc

security council to discuss the latest on north korea. afterwards the two met with reporters where secretary pompeo was asked about russian president vladimir putin making a possible visit to the u.s. in the fall. from u.n. headquarters. this is 10 minutes. ny.hank you, nick the main reason i came here today was to meet with member of council.uth korean i also had the opportunity to meet with u.n. secretary general gutierrez to discuss the topic and other topics as well. the countries of the security council are united on the need for final, fully verified on the denuclearization by north korea. strict enforcement is critical. members of the u.s. security council and by extension all u.s. member states have unanimously agreed to fully enforce sanctions. we expect hem to continue to honor those commitments. when sanctions are not enforced, the prospect for the declearization for north korea is diminished. right now north korea are smuggling petroleum. these illegal ship to ship transfer are the most prominent means by which this is happeni

neighbors south korea is on alert. korean government is closely watching north korean movements and closely working with the united states however i hope you understand that we are not able to speak about intelligence reports about this on the heels of reports that north korea is continuing to enrich uranium in secret and critics say the trump administration is being played by north korea last week u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo faced criticism from within his own party and i am afraid there is this point the united states the troubled ministration is being taken for a ride fear not senator fear not. there is no doubt the u.s. intelligence community is watching north korea closely it is unclear however what progress has been made toward denuclearization since the trump him summit. heartless take the story down to the united states. standing by in washington good evening to you carson so what has been the reaction to this report from the washington post. on the white house has not officially reacted to the reports

north korea is calling mike pompeo, the secretary of state, his meetings in north korea regrettable. the secretary met with kim jong-un's top advisor, kim yong-chol. according to pompeo they made, and this is a quote, progress on almost all of the central issues but that's not how pyongyang sees it. they released this statement. we expected the u.s. to bring constructive measures to build confidence in accord answer with the spirit of the u.s./north korea summit. however, the attitude of the u.s. in the first high-level talks held on the 6th and 7th were indeed regrettable. >> they went on to say that the result of the talks were very worrisome. now, also of note here, north korean leader kim jong-un did not meet with pompeo. >> joining us now, cnn pentagon correspondent ryan browne. >> ryan, pompeo's and north korea's versions here of the exact same meetings don't seem to match up at all. what exactly does this mean? >> well, definitely. we're hearing very different tones coming from north korea and from secretary of state mike pompeo. now, speaking to reporters while still in pyong

north korea. when you last appeared, i asked you a series of critical questions about what's our policy in north korea and to your credit, i must say i largely agreed with what our goals are. now i want to you since we haven't heard anything, not a classify briefing or anything, did north korea agree with our definition of denukization meaning the dismantlement, removing of all nuclear weapons. >> i think i can answer your question. let me begin by saying i'm engaged in a complex negotiation with the north koreans. i don't intend in this public setting to share the details of every conversation that took place. i'll attempt to answer your questions without disclosing the contents of negotiation. i'm confidence the north koreans understand our denuclearization. a broad one that goes from infrastructure of nuclear warheads. >> we understand. have they agreed with you? >> i believe they thoroughly understand that. >> they understand it but didn't agree. did they agree to end the production of ukraine

what is our policy in north korea. and to your credit i must say i largely agreed with what our goals are. i want to ask you since we haven't heard anything as it relates to north korea, did north korea agree with our definition of de-nuclearization meaning the dismantlement removal of all nuclear weapons and material from north korea? >> i think i can answer your question. let me begin by saying i am engaged in a complex negotiation with the north koreans so i don't intend to share the details of everything that took place. i will attempt to answer questions without disclosing contents of the negotiation. i am very confident that the north koreans understand our definition of de-nuclearization, a very broad one that goes from infrastructure of nuclear war heads. >> we understand it because you laid it for the record. have they agreed with you? >> i believe they thoroughly understand that. >> did they agree to end the production and enrichment of uranium and plutonium? >> i would welcome the chance to respond to your q

my question is will the u.s., japan and south korea continue to work toward cvid of north korea, and what do you think is the difference between cvid and -- [inaudible] and my second question is about the -- [inaudible] of the japanese. secretary pompeo, you said you raised the abduction issue of japanese during your visit to north korea. we'd like to know the detail and response from north korea. secretary and minister, how will the u.s. and south korea work with japan on this abduction issue? [speaking japanese] >> translator: and my question is to the minister -- [inaudible] reacting to these issues. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [speaking japanese] >> translator: first, i'd like to respond to your question. [inaudible] that north korea must dismantle complete and verifiable, irreversible, dismantle the wmd as well as the ballistic missiles. so it is clearly stipulated that cvid is demanded in the resolution. as far as we are concerned, we'd like to continue to work toward north korea so that north korea would completely implement the security council's resolution. we are c

geoff, let's start with this news out of north korea. mike pompeo on a long trip that's going to take him through asia. i'm wind up in brussels for this nato summit taking place a little later this week. what explains the contrast that we were just talking about? >> hey there, david. long time korea-watchers say this is not at all a surprise. they point to the all too familiar cycle of hope and then inevitable disappointment when it comes to dealing with north korea on this issue of its nuclear weapons program. but the secretary of state went to north korea with a mission. he was there to flesh out the details of that vaguely-worded joint declaration that the president and kim jong-un signed in june at the singapore summit. at the time, you'll remember, kim agreed to work toward the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula, offering little in the way of specifics. even so, president trump tweeted that north korea no longer posed a nuclear threat. he said that americans should feel good sleeping well at night. but as it stands, n

we know what north korea got. status of a bilateral meeting, something they've sought for decades. they also got the united states surprisingly to announce that we would suspend this sort of cooperation that we had in the upcoming military exercises that we have with south korea. so the north korean side got those two things. we didn't get one thing. why would we want to continue going down this road and now give kim jong un the benefit of a meeting with the president in the united states unless we get something to show that this isn't just some sort of game in which we're being played. which right now, clearly, appears to be the case. >> i want to quickly get to what's happening. the nato meeting in brussels this week. it happens the president leaves on tuesday after announcing his pick for the supreme court monday night. i want to have you listen to what the president said about nato this week. here it is. >> we're paying for anywhere from 70 to 90% to protect europe and that's fine. of course they kill us on tr

however, north korea wants a peace deal.be one of the reasons why they are trying to at least show willing, because recently, we understand, they've been pushing for a peace process at the us and they're not getting anywhere on that. so there is a little bit of an impasse. this may be some way to kind of bridge that 93p- earlier, i spoke with jenny town, a specialist in korean affairs and managing editor of 38 north. the monitoring group that drew attention to those images. i asked what she made of the satellite images. well, these are the signs that we have been looking for and certainly after the singapore summit, in the press conference that president trump did, he did mention that there was a promise from the north koreans to dismantle an engine test site. this is what we have started to see happen at the sohae launch facility. i think it's even more interesting, though, that we're seeing them dismantle the structures on top of the launch pad itself, which is used for space launches or satellite launches, which north kor

i think dismantling the north korea nuclear programme in a year is very overly optimistic.ave put out estimates suggest that it may be possible to dismantle, i.e. freeze testing, of the north korea nuclear programme in a year, but the likelihood of the programme being entirely shut down in a year is nearly impossible. in fact, they estimate it could take nearly six or ten years, maybe as long as 15 years, to fully dismantle the programme. it seems like a very optimistic estimate on the ability to get things done and to get north korea denuclearised. i think the reality is we're looking at much longer. and the question about whether north korea is sincere about denuclearising is still one that's very much still on the table. there are still several stages for this to happen, it has to be verified, it has to be checked, they have to make sure they can't start up the programme again. all this takes time and money as well. yeah. i think the estimates are that it would be billions and billions of dollars in order to completely denuclearise north korea. even some of the shorter t

north korea may be one of the easier challenges you face. north korea, a iran and isis ara pretty good challenge and then you keep going and on and on and on. here's what we're trying tore prevent. proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and you are an essential part of all of this. i don't see how it make sense to cut the budget with over 20% giving your portfolio and i'll ask you one quick question in a minute but if we give you more money you thank you can wisely spend it and you will say yes. if you don't, we have a problem. having said that i want to turn it over to senator leahy and i really appreciate you coming to day because d you are in demand but the subcommittee was on our mind and w you need to tell us w we can better help you do your job. >> thank you for being here. welcome. you are a stranger to the congress and i know you know this committee has had long bipartisan support and we've done this whether republicans have been in charge of the senate or democrats and whether it's been a republican administration or democrati

finally has an ambassador to south korea south korea.in yesterday. the position had been trump since president trump took office. >>> "the washington post" is reporting that north korea will not surrender all of its nuclear arsenal. cnn cannot obtain that evidence. they say that the north korea has facilities the u.s. knows nothing about. this week, president trump marked the summit as a great success. joining me is uri friedman. you've written about some of the mystery surrounding that singapore summit. what did north korea actually agree to? and that is the real question mark here, isn't it? >> definitely. the biggest thing that i want to focus on, i think everyone should focus on in assessing whether the summit was a success, is the question of north korea committing to work towards the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. if north korea really wanted to just give up its nuclear weapons, why wouldn't it say that in plain english or korean in the summit? what they said is denuclearization of the korean peninsula. and that definiti

military plane flew to north korea friday morning and returned to south korea carrying the remains just a short time ago kim jong un had promised to return the bodies during his meetings with donald trump in june. u.s. government says more than one thousand one hundred migrant children have been released from immigration detention centers and more than fourteen hundred of them have been reunited with their parents in us one comes just hours ahead of a court order. and former cricketer and wrong khan has declared victory in pakistan's elections around half of the votes have been counted although the official results is not likely to be confirmed until friday but is leading rival has rejected the outcome citing allegations of vote rigging. more than eighty people have died and greece after wildfires devastated beach resorts near athens some people who are still searching for missing family members are blamed for not responding sooner to the five. reports on the search for survivors and. recovery teams are going from house to house is in search of missing people. no official figures been r

troops from south korea. to see the president get up and say i'm all in favor of it, must have come as a shock to the north koreans and the south koreans. there is a lot of talk about how the south korean government wants to see these negotiations with north korea succeed. it is a so-called prerogative government that has a lot of interest in trying to calm things down with north korea. all true. i think this government of moon jae-in also is concerned of managing the u.s. relationship and if we have a situation where the u.s. is talking to the north koreans of our deployment of south korea, we have a problem on how people are managing that relationship. >> before we end, i want to play you a sound bite, part of an interview of john bolton of how hong it would take to denuclearize. it's a much more aggressive timeline you gave us. you thought at least two years, if at all. the cia people are telling secretary pompeo that they may never give up their 20 or 60 nuclear weapons until the end of the process if at

and north korea don't agree about the nuclear. it makes it very clear that north korea and the u.s. still are very far apart on even the basic definition of what denuclearization is when north korea agreed in march that it would talk about the denuclearization of the korean peninsula the trump white house thought that meant they would unilaterally abandon their nuclear weapons as the u.n. resolutions require them to but any korea watcher knows that north korea has long defined it as part of global arms control and that as a member of the nuclear club they will go down to zero when the rest of the club including the united states totally abandoned their nuclear arsenal so there is still very very far apart on even basic definitions it's a case both of north korean posturing but also a signaling that they will they didn't agree to what the white house claims they agreed to the president apparently did his victory lap a little too soon because north korea clearly is not about to embrace the c.v. id concept that the u.n. resolutions require so secretary of state pompei or try to put a g

korea.> i like that one. >> north korea continuing to develop nuclear weapons and long-range missile technology that, yes, could kill all of us while we were sleeping at night with a nuclear weapon. we had that "wall street journal" and others reporting that yesterday. donald trump said two weeks ago the north korean nuclear threat is over. you can sleep well at night. well, we all knew he was lying and now we have proof. or, the president wants to completely unilaterally withdraw from the world trade organization. >> there's that. >> that's a bad one. >> uh-huh. >> david ignatius, we also have donald trump floating the idea of possibly recognizing russia's invasion, vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. that's kind of -- >> so many choices, joe. so many examples. >> i've given you those. there's also, of course, donald trump saying he he's not going to move on nafta until after the election. what do you guys think? >> i pick north korea. >> you think north korea? >> it's the most blatantly

north korea, kim jong-un, they see that.g-un has reestablished a better relationship with china. it was pretty much in the gutter a couple years ago, the chinese were deeply frustrated with kim jong-un, they saw him as the source of the instability they feared. now he is back in the driver's seat with the chinese. it makes it much harder to get to yes for the administration. >> stay with us. next on "gps," president trump has a mild week ahead in foreign policy. he will be at the nato summit. he has a meeting with the queen, prime minister may in the united kingdom then man know oman know with vladimir putin in hell inc. sinky. when we come back i will ask my panel what to expect. -and we welcome back gary, who's already won three cars, two motorcycles, a boat, and an r.v. i would not want to pay that insurance bill. [ ding ] -oh, i have progressive, so i just bundled everything with my home insurance. saved me a ton of money. -love you, gary! -you don't have to buzz in. it's not a question, gary. on march 1, 1810 -- [ ding

is a research fellow in university he says this is a defining moment for north korea u.s. relations. if you look back the history of the united states you know normalizing relations with the former adversaries it usually begone with the return of discovery in return all the war remains of american soldiers like the u.s. that phenomenology sions process so this is a good gesture they will be welcomed by the united states but i know it's crazy and you mean you need the intention to fulfill the agreement of the singapore something meeting and for north korea this is a this is a good signal that united states is committed to normalizing its up to put money relationship in north korea if that the new collision will be moving in the right direction the next item will be declaring the all fishel and the korean war since the one nine hundred fifty s. the when he was a state suspended by the army to so grim and north korea has been very aggressively demanding this to the united states but united states does not want to move to fast with face first if you know this is agrees to decl

in terms of conventional military, north korea is huge. north korea has more than 1,000 aircraft. about 1600 aircraft fix and rotary wings. thousands of tanks. armored vehicles. thousands of rocket launchers. this stuff is all there. it's also hidden. there's hidden artillery positioned along the demilitarized zone pointed directly at south korea's capital seoul. the north's cyber capacity are the country's most potent weapon. it flexed that mus cle in the 2014 hack of sony pictures. there's increasing evidence they were behind the 2016 new york reverve on the bangladeshi bank that netted them $81 million. the president points to the fact there's been no missile launches or nuclear tests since november. the intelligence community says that's not telling us the whole story. >> that say it is true and a hopeful sign. the new intelligence assessment that we learned about totally contradicts the president's assertion there's no longer a threat from north korea nuclear's program. what this intelligence shows us is that the north koreans are enriching nuclear fuel at multiple secret sit

the economy, democrats, iran, north korea. all apparently on the president's radar as well, or at the least we're seeing them on his twitter feed. zero mention of looming federal court deadline to reunite migrant families in government custody or new intelligence which suggests north korea is building up its nuclear facilities. the president said democrats are weak on the border and he says north korea talks with, quote, going well. abby phillip is at the white house. let's start with the scramble to fill that seat on the supreme court with the retirement of justice anthony kennedy. >> reporter: good morning. six more days for the president to deliberate over this choice of his next supreme court justice. he hit the ground running. just yesterday, interviewing four candidates, some included among the top candidates, according to sources. the president is planning on continuing with interviews this week. one of the considerations we have been told, he is looking seriously at is the potential he could appoint a conservative woma

the ball is in north korea's court. >> the ball is in north korea's court.haven't really started in earnest. we understand that sung kim, the u.s. evnvoy that's been dealing with north korea, has been meeting with north korean officials even as recently as this weekend. but we don't know what those talks proouse talks produced. there are some reports from korea that mike pompeo might be taking a trip there in the next week or two. he'll be able to, i think, know whether those negotiations are going to go on. >> all right. elise labott, thank you so much. >>> still ahead, a day after nationwide marches against family separations at the border and president trump warns democrats that taking on i.c.e. is a losing issue. are democrats playing into the president's narrative that they're anti-law enforcement? i'll ask democratic senator ted lew next. with my bladder leakage, the products i've tried just didn't fit right. they were very saggy. it's getting in the way of our camping trips. but with new sizes, depend fit-flex is made for me. introducing more sizes fo

and north korea have been warming.arlier this week north korea returned the remains of american soldiers 65 years after the end of the korean war. the gesture of peace came weeks after an historic summit. a day later, u.s. president donald trump declared that north korea was no longer a threat. but now the washington post has published reports citing u.s. intelligence that could undermine the apapparent diplomatic progress on the peninsula. according to the report, this missile research facility in north korea is being built up, rather than torn down. neighbor south korea is on alert. >> the south korean government is closely watching north korean movements and closely y working with the united states. however, i hope you understand that we are not able to speak about intelligence reports. reporter: this, on the heels of reports that north korea is continuing to enrich uranium in secret. critics say the trump administration is being played by north korea. last week, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo faced criticism f

troops lost in north korea. i understand our military moved coffins to the demilitarized zone to prepare for north korea's return of the remains. this is an issue that comes up when i talked to veterans in wyoming. i wouldn't be surprised if it came up when the president was at the vfw. can you give us an update on what they had to do relating to the remains of our veterans? mr. pompeo: so, they reaffirmed the commitment to return remains that they have in their possession as well as to begin to work on an agreement that had been in place previously about how we would conduct recovery operations inside of north korea. and we will in short order if the north fulfills the commitment begin to put teams back in place such that we can begin not only the return, the repatriation of the remains but the recovery of mains that have not yet been recovered. i understand that it's not directly on point with the denuclearization. i get that. but boy for the families that are missing loved ones, it's a big deal. i'm very hope

and north korea come at this in different ways north korea repeating its call for a phased in synchronous process is the u.s. really i mean there's been lots and lots of talks going on at lower levels do they not grasp what it what what each side likes or i think maybe feeling is just playing hardball counting on being able to string trump along but i kind of wonder how long that can go on but doesn't it highlight we talk about what each side likes doesn't it highlight the fact that after singapore there wasn't actually anything concrete because on one side the u.s. team keeps talking about the current if i'm wrong c.v.i. and complete verifiable irreversible denuclearization that was never in the signed document and the norad the one saying you're pushing us towards denuclearization which is nothing we agreed to. he asked it's out again by now you'd think they would each know what the other needs slightly. there is a phrase i can't get out of my head and i wish i could people might remember that dennis rodman read to him he used to be made american route met the north korean leader appeal

and north north korea and the rc of korea stands ready to provide whatever assistance is needed to movel sanctions, as we have agreed in our trilateral meeting, will remain in place and faithfully implemented until we are assured of complete denuclearization by north korea. north korea's denuclearization and provision of security guarantees and economic development that it desires must move together in our joint efforts to chart a brighter future towards lasting peace and prosperity on the korean peninsula and, indeed, this region. this was the blueprint set forth in president moon's speech in berlin a year ago as well as the vision that presidents trump and chairman kim agreed to in singapore. and, therefore, it is thus in the interest of all that we move forward expeditiously in this endeavor. we have also confirmed once again that the rok/u.s. alliance is firm and strong and will remain so during this process of north korea's denuke hardization. we -- denuclearization. we have made it clear that decisions to suspend certain parts of the joint military exercises include aring the usg

north korea is accusing the u.s.ng gangster-like demands during recent denuclearization talks, we will have much more on this coming up in a segment, later on in the hour so stay tune for that. it is deadline day for the trump administration to reunite children with their families. justice department says 54 of them will join parent by the end to have day, the remaining children are undergoing background checks or have parents that are deported or unfit to have children back this comes as federal judge tosses administration challenging two state laws. the president elected mÉxico is taking a payment out of president trump's play book calling for a border force to keep illegal immigrants out of his country, andrÉs manuel obrador wants specialized police on mexican and southern borders to stop human and drug traffickers, obrador will meet with u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo on friday. and former fbi antitrump lawyer lisa page is fighting congressional subpoena to appear before lawmakers on capitol hill tomorrow, p

as it relates to additional activities with north korea. >> so i think the request that south korea has made are public. and have occurred through the committee up at the united nations. so i think the list of thing that is the south koreans are requesting in terms of either making sure that the activity is consistent with the sanctions regime. there are exceptions, humanitarian. >> is the u.s. considering granting the requests? >> we are reviewing the requests. we approved one. >> to the south korea. >> i'm sorry yes. i'm sorry. we approved one for a military to military communications channel. the others are under review. >> if we could get -- perhaps an understanding of what some of measures are that would be great. a very good speech july 22 on iran policy at the reagan library. to substitute the word out iran out and substitute in the word north korea, would your speech still describe the state of affairs in north korea? >> boy, it was a long speech, senator. >> basically -- >> i think in large part it would be consistent. there is a difference. in terms of their operational capaci

is concerned talks with north korea are on track. yes in the cold war we had like many reports just the day before when the water life the volcano ball. went to the least and other documents been published on the center and visions of the north korean central news agency that these folks i can't stand like to get out of so today's videos i should have these folks out on is very important especially if you mentioned during this conference today. we're going. to have a new state to verify. what u.s. commitment towards this funding it's you can get on the. ground this is a very important state it's destroying its. site what do you say that you ask for the north korean side for this they mentioned that they're going to do it in the new port and five which he commented followed up by telling them that he hopes it would be soon so this is a very concrete step that he can check and within that few weeks this new these talks are really going ahead or they're just wasting your time as some of the fish of the state about that of course south k

north korea feels now it's time for the u.s. to act, and what they want, poppy, above any economic concessions from the united states, is a peace treaty. they want a formal end to the korean war that has technically been ongoing since 1953, because until they get a peace treaty, the north koreans feel that their leader, kim jong-un, and his government could still be in danger of attack by the united states. >> north korea also wants the united states, obviously, to begin lifting sanctions. to be clear, though, the action we have seen in the past few weeks has been cancelled followup meetings, as we have reported on this show. and as barbara noted, this missile engine testing facility, that the president keeps saying will be destroyed, will be destroyed, will be destroyed, at least, you know, one of them remains intact. how has the north korea actually followed through, where the president can point to it and say, see, this is a give. >> reporter: well, a lot of the things that north korea has done so far happened before the sing