i didn't think it would be like. the nobel peace prize he takes credit for progress on the korean peninsula i. think states is a deadline to extend an exemption for many of the.

this will really lead to a genuine peace on the korean peninsula which after all has been in this state of instability for the some last seventeen years i thinkhere are signs between leaders will strike some important phrases in the joint statement that is to be released later today they were probably talk about denuclearization they will of course mention the possibility of establishing permanent peace here and also they would talk about improving better ties and in a way these are all things the koreans did not expect last year when tensions were running so high so expectations certainly are high and reasonably small and earlier we showed pictures of those who are opposed to this summit taking place so it's not universally welcomed in south korea is it i'm just wondering how much of a political mandate does president have to push forward with this process with the north. it's absolutely true because as you were showing earlier they are korean conservatives are very much opposed to what is happening in fact the leader of the opposition liberty korea party has been quoted quite recently by japanese media as saying that this is a very dangerou

korean tater can be trusted. >> united states has never been closer to potentially having something happen with respect to the korean peninsula that can get rid of nuclear weapons. i feel a great deal of urgency... i thinkifference. at some point, we are going to be able to beat als. because life is amazing. so i am hoping for a cure. i want this, to uh, to be a reality. um, yeah. "i have antivirus, but my computer's still slow..." "i think it's time for the fixmestick." fixmestick is a plug-in virus removal device. it's the smart, simple way to clean an infected computer, with a whole lot going on inside the stick... [computers sound] "this one got around the antivirus software!" "not a problem." "we're on it." and because it connects to the internet, fixmestick it's always up to date. more details emerging about the highly anticipated summit between present trumpet and north korea. they are actually going to the korean peninsula. listen. we are looking at various come trees including singapore. and we're also talking about the possibility of the dmz. you are actually there. if things work out there is a great celebration to be head. joining me now is gordon chang. the art author of nuclear showdown. h

korean peninsula. i think this is a very important first step. stoltenberg met with mike pompeo in brussels. the new u.s. secretary of stateived there after being with -- is sworn in to meet with nato foreign ministers. there will not be a tentative nafta deal in place before u.s. trade delegations had to china for trade talks. economy minister said despite progress on key issues, an agreement over the coming days came up short. technical discussions between lower-level officials will continue. ministers will meet again on the matter on may 7. former president george h w a continues to recover but will remain in the hospital through the weekend. he is being treated for an infection that spread to his blood. mr. bush is in good spirits and looking forward to resuming his schedule. he is expected to travel to main next month. next month. global news 24 hours a day, and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. ocusign -- sign has become the latest in the automated signature business to go public. let's talk to alex. ocusign raised

credit for both korean leaders having agreed to formally and this state of war on the korean peninsula she certainly gave him credit for that as really being progress and at the same time i think it's also a question of whether the glass is half full or half empty i mean once you kind of says that he's going to not extend this exemption that would have really been blown all efforts out of the water this is that fill a cup with a couple of hours and a couple tweets away from actually learning what will happen with this trade deal and at the same time one has to emphasize that as far as german industry is concerned certainly these new sanctions on russian oligarchs hitting domon industry much harder because that is an entry point for derm an industry and those sanctions are not pegged to ukraine they are much more general sentients which undermines the whole idea of applying thank sions pressure to achieve a particular aim so that is something that still is much more concerned about and that all only was mentioned here really on the sidelines so there's a lot of discussion still going on and what we did also see here is donald trump emphasizing how good the relationship is we al

from the united states other see a more aggressive intent they maintain north korea has built a nuclear weapons program to force the reunification of the korean peninsula i don't think that the north koreans want a peaceful coexistence with the u.s. i do believe that the north koreans want the u.s. off the peninsula. since two thousand and sixteen the u.s. has intensified attempts to isolate north korea and force regime to abandon its nuclear weapons program. to trump administration is pursuing these efforts through their maximum pressure campaign. they've tightened sink ships and impose financial restrictions to cut off. not just from the materials needed to build nuclear weapons but for most sources of revenue. and they pressed other countries to do the same after working through the united nations north korea's following what they call the line right as a dual track line nuclear weapons on the one hand economic development on the other on the international community is basically trying to convince north korea you can't have both you can't have guns and butter. kim's two goals may be increasing the domestic costs of international isolation making the regime more v

peninsula without the active participation both of the united states and china. now, you ask the question, i think, because in the panmunjom declaration, it talks about the korean nationh implies exclusion. that won't have gone down well in washington or beijing, for that matter, but somehow or another they have to give the big players on board. and japan has a particular issue, japanese kidnapped in north korea, that is not a small issue for the japanese on the edge of this, butjapan does not want to be frozen out. definitely not, that was very clear in the conversations with shinzo abe and donald trump earlier this month. they talked a great deal about north korea. shinzo abe came away largely reassured, but of course he is a bystander, there is no shinzo abe and kimjong—un summit planned. so donald trump is claiming this very much for himself as being the big mover and shaker in this, and an american commentator, i think the new york times was saying that if he pulls it off, trump should get the nobel peace prize. what do you think, in terms of his father reneging on previous deals, what would make a difference this time? right now, the big difference in terms of t

korean peninsula. i think it's so important for president moon when he's having this summit to let north korea know what the expectations are of the united stateshen it comes to denuclearization. that can even be a relatively tough questions for us considering our intelligence services are constantly debating what their weapons systems look like and the numbers that we're dealing with. the fact that north korea is one of the hardest targets for our intelligence services to penetrate. when they look at this, a lot of times they look at it from the air. on top of that, you have the north koreans running their nuclear program from underground. so how do you come to the negotiating table not really understand how to fully denuclearize? >> melissa: where would you start then? do you start that we need to have a certain number of people on the ground that can look anywhere? >> you have to come up with a method for understanding what tests that have taken place, where the locations of these facilities are and a number of different issues to determine where the stockpile is. i've seen a lot lately, talk of this thought that the reason that kim jong-un

united states and our allies in the region so long as these negotiations are truly negotiations about ending north korea's nuclear program and denuclearizing the nuclear the a korean peninsula i think that's a good thing but as with anything with the north korean leader we have to be careful and watchful but overall i think the signs are quite positive that we might have these discussions with the north koreans learn these all those thanks for your time today thank you larry. in a surprise announcement president trump says he's thinking about withdrawing u.s. troops from syria in his remarks the commander in chief said quote as far as series concerned our primary mission was getting rid of isis we've almost complete in that task end quote not everyone agrees with that assessment including many military leaders plus what happens in syria if the united states pulls out let's talk about that with representative steve russell republican of oklahoma he serves on the house government oversight and reform committees on services committee as well he is a decorated combat veteran a retired army lieutenant colonel should we pull out he joins us by the way from oklahoma city congressman shoul

of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it that pull complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the korean summit ended with few measurable steps to meet that goal the trumpet min. astray she maintains a meeting with the u.s. and north korean leaders will not occur unless concrete moves towards denuclearization are clearly demonstrated little rocket man trust tone has dramatically shifted from the name calling of last year the trump promised further missile testing from north korea would be met with fire fury and frankly power just this week trump referred to kim as very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing the shift is evidence of the ongoing high level talks north korean and u.s. officials have been engaged in still trump wouldn't confirm or deny he's spoken directly with the north korean leader and i don't want to comment on that plane on t.v. we have a very good working relationship it is known mike pump ale the new secretary of state met with kim over the easter weekend some human rights activists are skeptical a trump kim meeting will ultimately be

, i don't think they trusted very much that the united states could go off and do that and they would be safe. >> the other phenomenon we've not witnessed is diplomatic curling on the korean peninsula. so you have people who want in the center of the korean peninsula and you want president trump and xi jinping and abe wants in on the saks. china is nervous about this whole peace process that they will be front and center and won't be able to dictate where the peace process ends up so everyone wants to crowd into this pie called the korean peninsula after i think the trump/kim summit. >> and very quickly, we have a half minute left. what did you make of the optics? >> it was historic but they certainly achieved their goal of creating this atmosphere and mood of peace. it was certainly cheery and cheerful and friendly. very different from past summits but, again it's what happens after the end of the agreement. >> and nobody knew kim jong-un could joke and he did throw a few jokes out. >> he seemed incredibly comfortable in his own skin and his father was awkward. hiss grandfather was pretty awkward and maybe that year in switzerland had a bigger effect on his understanding of the we

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of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it that goal complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the korean summit ended with few measurable steps to meet that goal the trumpet ministration maintains a meeting with the u.s. and north korean leaders will not occur unless concrete moves towards denuclearization are clearly demonstrated little rocket man trust tone has dramatically shifted from the name calling of last year a truck promised further missile testing from north korea would be met with fire fury and frankly power just this week trump referred to kim as very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing the shift is evidence of the ongoing high level talks north korean and u.s. officials have been engaged in still trump wouldn't confirm or deny he's spoken directly with the north korean leader and i want to comment on that plane on sorry we have a very good working relationship it is known mike pump ale the new secretary of state met with kim over the easter weekend some human rights activists are skeptical a trump kim meeting will ultimately be successfu

korean peninsula his comments follow a historic declaration of peace between kim jong un and jay and on friday i think the responsibility has fallen on the shoulders of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it and if i can't do it it will be a very tough time for a lot of countries and a lot of people it's certainly something that i hope i can do for the world this is beyond the united states this is a world problem and it's something that i hope i'm able to do for the world germany's chancellor angela merkel has visited washington for talks with president trump at the top of her agenda was preserving the iran nuclear deal which trump has threatened to abandon you. in the u.s. the republican led house intelligence committee says there's no evidence that donald trump's presidential campaign colluded with russia but its report does criticize trump's eldest son for poor judgment over his e-mails about a meeting with a russian lawyer president trump says the report clears his campaign and the allegations against it were based on lies democrats however a challenging the findings israel's army has struck six hamas naval tar

korean peninsula. i think this is a very important first step. mark: he also met with mike pompeo in brussels and the rest secretary of state arrived there after beingto meet with nato ministers. it showed mr. pompeius commitment to the alliance. hundreds gathered at the border fence in israel today trying to rip through it after drying heavy israeli fire in one of the most violent incidents yet in five weeks of protest. some fatalities were reported. the united nations is coming from israel from refraining from using excessive force against the palestinians. a spokesman for the admin rights office says during the past four its have beens to killed and over 5500 others injured. killed were taking part in demonstrations. most of them appear to have been unarmed the presenting an imminent threat to the iss at the time of their killing or injury. no israeli casualties are reported. says israel's military troops are under order to target what it calls instigators, but has also warned anyone approaching are trying to damage the fence risks his life. former president george h.w. bush continues to recover but will remain in a houston hospital through the w

korean peninsula. i think the japanese oftnot what to be left out this stream, so the japanese government is trying to discuss issues directly with north korea, with china, and united statesat the same time. one thing that has to be remembered is north korea cannot really get huge assistance from the united states. they are already getting it from china. they can't get it from the republic of korea. the only country they can get economic assistance is japan. this was pledged when he visited for the first time in north korea, and we had the wrong gang denuclearization -- we had the andgyang denuclearization, they know that japan is the real target. ambassador, we are now seeing life pictures -- live pictures. we see them coming on stage at the moment for this joint news conference after two days of talks in 20 traditional allies and a relationship that has been quite afraid. let's listen. president trump: i want to begin by expressing my deep condolences to the entire bush family on the passing of former first lady, barbara bush. a wonderful person. was tights, barbara in american life, and her presence was in grade to america's identity -- ingrained to america's identity

the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it that goal complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the korean summit ended with few measurable steps to meet that goal the trumpet ministration maintains a meeting with the u.s. and north korean leaders will not occur unless concrete moves towards denuclearization are clearly demonstrated little rocket man traps tone has dramatically shifted from the name calling of last year when trump promised further missile testing for north korea would be met with fire fury and frankly power just this week trump referred to kim as very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing the shift is evidence of the ongoing high level talks north korean and u.s. officials have been engaged in still trump wouldn't confirm or deny he's spoken directly with the north korean leader and i want to comment on that plane i'm sorry we have a very good working relationship it is known mike pump ale the new secretary of state met with kim over the easter weekend some human rights activists are skeptical a trump kim meeting will ultimately be succes

korean peninsula itself, and particular with north korea is unique. and i think listening to everything that mr. kim says, as well as getting our team on board, getting mr. pompeo come firmed as secretary of state is critically important. eric: the president is threatening to walk out if he doesn't get what he wants. would that mean a failure or they've achieved something? >> i think the president has achieved something. i think walking out is not something beyond reason. your objective is is you're in a national security discussion with a state that's never had a bilateral relationship with the united states. it's something that would be a little bit of a give and take. i like the fact that the president consulted with prime abe this week. one of the characteristics of the macron visit is france is a power and a permanent member of the u.n. security council and this is krits cli important for france as a u.n. party at the security council to work with the united states to actually continue the pressure as well as to communicate the objectives of a nuclear-tbre nuclear-free kor. eric: we are in solidarity with them. i have to keep it short because of the breaking news. we'll continue. thank you

non-starter for the united states and for the republic of cree because to do that i think who -- would put the peninsula on the path to war and -- and tremendous suffering of the korean people. so, i think -- at this think as these talks occur we need to take a long-term view. my proposal would be for -- for us to recommend that we go back to the 1992 north-south agreement, the agreement on reconciliation, non-aggression, exchanges and cooperation. that document is a tremendous framework for peace and reconciliation on the korean peninsula and that was signed when kim il-sung was in power. i think kim jong-un should be told we'd like to honor your grandfather kim il-sung. he wanted to implement this north-south agreement and agreed to sign it. of course, he died in 1994. it was never implemented and probably never implemented because, you know, the north is following its normal method of obligation, not implementing agreements, and be that as it may we want to say we support kim il-sung's vision and give kim jong-un an opportunity to implement already agreed upon document. and, of course, what we fear, of course, is -- is president trump being put into -- put into, y

of the president of the united states and i think we have i think i have a responsibility to see if i can do it that goal complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the korean summit ended with few measurable steps to meet that goal the trumpet ministration maintains a meeting with the u.s. and north korean leaders will not occur unless concrete moves towards denuclearization are clearly demonstrated little rocket man traps tone has dramatically shifted from the name calling of last year a truck promised further missile testing from north korea would be met with fire fury and frankly power just this week trump referred to kim as very open. and i think very honorable from everything we're seeing the shift is evidence of the ongoing high level talks north korean and u.s. officials have been engaged in still trump wouldn't confirm or deny he's spoken directly with the north korean leader and i want to comment on that plane i'm sorry we have a very good working relationship it is known mike pump ale the new secretary of state met with kim over the easter weekend some human rights activists are skeptical a trump kim meeting will ultimately be successf

korean peninsula. there is no solution where the answer is the united states military. we would have to occupy north korea. i'm pleased they are pursuing diplomacy. do i have critiques? sure i do. i think one of the problems is it has been we v we vis rated. this is better than we thought we were two months ago. >> there we go. progress. thanks so much. appreciate you joining me. next time we'll need to do the interview in hawaii. i feel disconnected. >> niany time you want to come. >>> first of two congressional hearings. i have a feeling you will. targing influencers who helped spread the word. today they have added jewelry and sunglasses to the mix and plan to keep ongoing. weekend mornings on msnbc. ♪ ♪ (baby crying) ♪ ♪ don't juggle your home life and work life without it. ♪ ♪ and don't forget who you're really working for without it. ♪ ♪ funding to help grow your business... ♪ ♪ another way we have your back. ♪ ♪ the powerful backing of american express. don't do business without it. the powerful backing of american express. we see two travelers so at a comfort innal with a glow around them, so people watching will be like, "wow, maybe i'll glow too if i book direct at choicehote

foot here as the united states and as diplomats because we are reliant entirely upon other people for information about what's really happening on the korean peninsula. >> joe, i thinkre's something that for a lot of people strikes as a bit unfair, when you have, you know, president moon who's continuing -- there's a sunshine policy that's been attempting to get going for a long time between north and south korea. you have the korean leadership themselves, particularly president moon doing a lot of really hard work here and the idea that the american president who is essentially withdrawn the united states from world leadership wants to be the one to get the credit for the work that these guys are doing on their own. it seems offensive to be honest that these guys can't get credit for their own work. you made an interesting point about the care and feeding of donald trump. that maybe he doesn't have to do any work, they can just give him credit to go along. this is donald trump on friday in a joint press conference with angela merkel, a lot of people who think she's the real leader of the free world, talking about the olympics and giving himself for that as well. >>

korean peninsula. i think kim recognizes his country is in deep, deep, deep trouble. because the system which is grandfather and his father championed is simply not working. north korean economy is falling behind it's becoming less of a stateeurialests oentremendos prual -- entrepreneurial efforts out there. kim would like to modernize the economy. unlike his father and grandfather, probably he doesn't aim to take over the south directly because he knows right now, it would be like a minnow trying to swallow a whale. he wants to do is grow the minnow before he moves politically. so the challenge in this is not only the conventional challenge of a sum you went there and laid the united states of america on the line, what did you get for it? it's to take the lessons we learned from the iran agreement. where we focused on our nuclear development and didn't do anything or enough to constrain other activities this is the same challenging career they're a rogue state. they're doing cyber. they're smuggling. they're kidnapping they're plo live rating a missile and technology if we go over there and work on a nuclear piece, we haven't done what we need to do we haven't learned our lesson from the iran agreement. so there are a lot

koreans on the peninsula. >> the threats could have played a role. in turn, china turned the screws with sanctions. that's all quite possible. again, though, i think it's important to distinguish between the north's commitment to ending the state would be welcome by one and all, and the commitment to denuclearization. translate to denuclearization, in particular, a lot has to go. we don't have a common definition of it, a timetable, specific steps, we don't have verification. i don't want to seem cynical, but as important as this potentially is and exciting as it potentially is, we have the slog of dmiplomacy. >> joining us from korea, janice, the expectations were high. was there an overdelivery and what are people saying on the streets as they watch the images, the likes of which they have never seen? >> reporter: whether they over delivered remains to be seen. they certainly exceeded expectations. we thought there would only be an agreement to pledge to meet. the talks with the u.s. and china is certainly a dramatic move. to see kim jong-un under live television statements making a statement it's a turn of events from how 2018 opened where kim jong-un and president trump were exchanging threats about their nuclear buttons.