deescalation but obviously the tension is still there how do you see things playing out on the korean peninsula well there are different objectives the north koreans want to preserve regime security which for them means both territorial defense for prevention of military intervention from the outside but also security for the current government and for those in power it saw what happened in iraq to saddam hussein and in libya to gadhafi and their argument is that if those countries had maintained nuclear weapons program or similar sorts of programs they wouldn't have been vulnerable to invasion from the united states and others although what's encouraging is with south korea north korea after all at the heart of the matter on the korean peninsula at least talking to each other now in 2080 in a way that they haven't been for 2 or 3 years there are some diplomatic channels which will at least at this stage allow for talks on more sensitive issues but there is a long long way to go before we can see an end to these conflicts thank you professor hazel smith for joining us and that is it from us to check

deescalation but obviously the tension is still there how do you see things playing out on the korean peninsula well there are different objectives the north koreans want to preserve regime security which for them means both territorial defense for prevention of military intervention from the outside but also security for the current government and for those in power it saw what happened in iraq to saddam hussein and in libya to gadhafi and their argument is that if those countries had maintained nuclear weapons program or similar sorts of programs they wouldn't have been vulnerable to invasion from the united states and others although what's encouraging is with south korea north korea after all the heart of the matter on the korean peninsula at least talking to each other now in 2080 in a way that they haven't been for 2 or 3 years there are some diplomatic channels which will at least at this stage allow for talks on more sensitive issues but there is a long long way to go before we can see an end to these conflicts thank you professor hazel smith for joining us and that is it from us to check ou

deescalation but obviously the tension is still there how do you see things playing out on the korean peninsula well there are different objectives the north koreans want to preserve regime security which for them means both territorial defense for prevention of military intervention from the outside but also security for the current government and for those in power it saw what happened in iraq to saddam hussein and in libya to gadhafi and their argument is that if those countries had maintained nuclear weapons program or similar sorts of programs they wouldn't have been vulnerable to invasion from the united states and others although what's encouraging is with south korea and north korea after all the hearts of the matter on the korean peninsula at least talking to each other now in 2018 in a way that they haven't been for 2. 3 years there are some diplomatic channels which will at least at this stage allow for talks on more sensitive issues but there is a long long way to go before we can see an end to these conflicts thank you professor hazel smith for joining us and that is it from us to check

weather for us here tokyo getting to around 24 and also a fine unsettled force across the korean peninsula as well so into around 27 further west it's hoped to force in beijing but here there will be some plaid around so maybe the chance of one or 2 showers as we head through the next couple of days for the south there's certainly been a lot of wet weather here for the southeastern parts of china it's been very wet there has been a fair amount of flooding and the system giving us rain is still with us it is gradually slipping a bit further towards the south as we head through the day on thursday but the south coast is going to get cold once more heavy rain to be found here to further towards the south a mixture here really sunshine and showers but some of the showers a pretty lively loss of them over the philippines at the moment to scattering them over parts of borneo and further west we'll see the wet weather really get going over me and mall for wednesday and thursday it really does look very very wet here and i think for many of us it will be a fairly souci day maybe with some flooding over to

it's going to feel feeling very very humid in the up around a 30 degree mark across the korean peninsula as well and basing will see a high of around 35 celsius coming down in the southern parts of china down into the southeast we could touch the air as well. hong kong at around 32 degrees and what's a weather will be a little further north just to the north of hong kong getting pushed out of the way as we go through friday flood it doesn't wash away dyson like the storms just a bumbling away that across central parts of china so what that making its way into the philippines stunning increasingly unsettled here as we go through the next couple of days storms in place there for thursday it's been pretty wet recently and if anything it will tend to still as we head towards the weekend. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera himes the whole drama remind us of our top stories palestinians continue to protest against a white house adviser jarrad cushion of economic deal they say the so-called deal of the century does not provide a political solution to a decades old problem. from says he'll veto leg

made when it comes to the complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula? >> reporter: well it's interesting, george, just a couple days ago, we had from the foreign ministry published in media slamming the u.s., slamming trump administration officials being very careful, of course, not to slam the u.s. president himself. but slamming secretary of state mike pompeo talking about reports that have come out recently saying that north korea is still one of the worst human rights abusers in the word. calling those reports of the officials who spoke about it, namely, pompeo, vicious, slander, hostility from the united states. so on the one hand, you are seeing this increasing hospitality between the two leaders themselves. you're not seeing that when it comes to the two countries. >> paula hancocks, standing by, as the u.s. president is en route to seoul, south korea, from osaka, japan. paula, thank you. >>> the united states air force has sent some of its top of the line f-22 stealth fighter to qatar. it's the first buildup in the region since tensions with iran have escalated.

talks just in the core interest of beijing to have a nuclear weapons free korean peninsula and i think the chinese are very well aware that in order to realize this goal it must be some form of dialogue between the u.s. and north korea and thirdly i think it's very important to understand. which sick notes china sense of what's going forward with this meeting especially when it comes to the has and the role that china will play in solving this issue what about north korea what is important in this meeting for north korea i think for kim jong un it will be very important to get the support from beijing for opinions vision of denuclearization as we all know there is no commonly agreed understanding and definition between the u.s. and north korea of what denuclearization actually means and how it is basically the objective should be achieved in the sense of a road map there is no common understanding and divisions are pretty far away from each other so for one it will be to get the chinese support for their processional understanding of denuclearization the step by step process in which sanctions relief or at leas

through today's meeting, the denuclearization, as well as the accomplishment of peace, that process on the korean peninsula. i believe we have just overcome a hill in that process. so, the 80 million people on the korean peninsula have been given hope thanks to today. as was mentioned by president trump right now, there will be a designated team of people, so, in the future we can take a big step forward. >> the initial plan had been for trump and i to co-visit the o.p. thanks to president trump's propoepr propos proposal, this historic meeting had taken place. i want to pay tribute to the creative and old approach that president trump has demonstra demonstrated. we're in the process of achieving permanent peace. i will believe we have been able to go over a hurdle. this has given hope for the 80,000 korean people and the people of the whole world. the united states and north korea have worked to bring talks in the future. i'm looking forward to accomplishment through this process. >> i want to thank chairman kim. when we put out that notice, knowing the press, like i do, if he had decided not to come, you

korean peninsula. the american president one of the world's greatest peacefully well i don't think it would be down to him primarily to be honest i think it would be the willingness of the korean people to reach peace despite america's historic role in. hoping that but you know you have to contrast that with him pulling out of the iran nuclear agreement and sending warships and potentially 1500 more troops to iran to see that this isn't about peace this is about more geopolitics is about american imperialism well it's not a verb lose a cup of tea that's for sure but really did get elected donald trump who won a democratic election so a case that you should respect the office even if you disagree with him ah well i think we have to look at what he's done once he's come into office one of the 1st things he did was implemented muslim band this is a man who's been caught on tape bragging about sexual assault he's locked refugee children in cages and at least 6 of whom have died and thousands are said to not be able to be reunited with their families this is not the kind of person who elected or not we shou

korean peninsula. north korea doesn't as well. and the net result of that as victor said earlier was that what we're going to see today is a photo opportunity and it's hard to see how it's going to result in anything positive. if what we're looking for is north korea to give up any of its nuclear capability. >> hans nichols. thank you so much, colonel. hans nichols still with us. hans, one of the points, if we can pull two together here, not only what was made by the colonel but also by victor and richard engel, is this divided house. there at panmunjom, there at the jsa, at the dmz, these houses, these buildings where it is but there's a line down the middle. and that's really the way many koreans feel on the peninsula, that they are living in a divided house, that they want to be rejoined in some form or fashion here. and they must wonder, especially the 10 million in the smallfa tn that you're in there in seoul, about what a militarized north korea can mean to the end of that or to the conflagration that we so much worry about.

well, ladies and gentlemen, the path to complete denuclearization and peace on the korean peninsula is never an easy one. some of you may say it is an impossible job, but koreans believe these goals can be and should be achieved with the determination to stride forward unwaveringly and to overcome the obstacles ahead. ultimately there is no alternative for koreans both south and north to live in peace. i believe koreans have learned enough lessons from previously missed opportunities to achieve these goals. the dialogue between the u.s. and north korea at the highest level is history of opportunity never seen before and may not come again if it fails this time. korean dialogues and reconciliation measures cannot be sustainable unless the u.s., north korea relations sets l tl a peaceful manner, no matter how limited role are and president moon may have to mediate, facilitate or expedite the dialogue between the u.s. and north korea, it will not be spared. before closing, i would like to once more express my gratitude to csis for their efforts in preparing this conference and to all part

well, there's a surprise. it would never happen. even second place in the korean peninsula. donald trump making history.at man! he has also been talking to the chinese. i think this is actually a good... a good strategy on his behalf because he does keep contact with mr kim of north korea and he wants north korea to get rid of it nuclear weapons. whether that will happen, in the near future or perhaps not the near future, but the fact they are talking is a plus. better to talk than not talk... did you believe what you are saying that, in terms of... this isjust a show what you are saying that, in terms of... this is just a show they are putting on. but it is quite interesting for the president of the world's largest... well, most powerful democracy to be visiting north korea. i mean, north korea is a remarkable state, closed society, paranoid, developing these weapons, you know, it might work. it didn't work last time. i doubt if it is going to work last time but at least it's worth trying. we're going to turn back to the times, something that you think is going to work? do not tweet in anger. guideline

side in recent weeks that there could be some flexibility in that if things go well this sunday afternoon on the korean peninsula at the d.m.z. just 60 kilometers north of here seoul the hope is from the south korean side that it may lead to something more. in the south korean capital seoul rubble of to come back to you as and when that meeting takes place let's bring in diplomatic editor james bays he's standing by there for us. that's near the d.m.z. there james so this meeting you probably heard the helicopters flying over you perhaps just talk us through what you think the choreography will be i mean you've seen many of these meetings at the demilitarized zone just talk us through what we're expecting to happen. 1st on your 1st point darren i know we have not heard the helicopters flying overhead why well because those mountains you can see over there the other side of the in general river they are north korea and the u.s. military protocol to fly quite a long way away from here and then fly in the just up there. john where the actual meeting will take place they would not fly all the way close to north kore

president for a 3 day state visit to russia the nation on the korean peninsula syria and venezuela are expected to top the agenda in moscow well those are the headlines these continues on al-jazeera after witness. yeah. like for. you. i grew up in the terraces. i grew up with soya with people living by seasons i grew up with my grandmother planting seeds and cultivating called. so i think it was an attempt to return to something and so we've had a big global. before. it started with me trying to collect seeds of things i loved that i felt were disappearing. and i started to put them in jars. and so i just would post things on facebook and then slowly people started to become more aware of what i was doing and then asking me if i have this see the or sharing stories about seeds that there . and mother used to grow or something their mother used to cook everyone had a story. when i sit with farmers who remember this week they all say of the summer is like you talking about summer now summer and then when the early summer and dark and handsome so many people talk about him. as this long lost love. we just picked up 2 bushels of h

this place is the 38th parallel, the line that divides the korean peninsula, a threshold no american president has ever crossed. i thank you as wellhe first us president to cross the border. so this time, it wasn't a handshake that made history, but a footstep. donald trump leaving his security detail behind and striding out alone into what, for decades, has been enemy territory, a country that less than two years ago he threatened to totally destroy. his visit lasted just over a minute, more than enough time, his critics will say, to legitimise this totalitarian regime with one of the worst human—rights records on the planet. but that didn't seem to trouble the president, who has formed an improbable friendship with a tyrant he used to ridicule as little rocket man. stepping across that line was a great honour, a lot of progress has been made, a lot of friendships have been made, and this has been in particular a great friendship, so i just want to thank you. that was very quick notice, and i want to thank you. there were chuckles as well from south koreans who watched on tv, and looks of utter disbelief generations here have liv

this place is the 38th parallel, the line that divides the korean peninsula, a threshold no american president has ever crossed. i thank you as wellesident to cross the border. so this time, it wasn't a handshake that made history, but a footstep. donald trump leaving his security detail behind and striding out alone into what, for decades, has been enemy territory, a country that less than two years ago he threatened to totally destroy. his visit lasted just over a minute, more than enough time, his critics will say, to legitimise this totalitarian regime with one of the worst human—rights records on the planet. but that didn't seem to trouble the president, who has formed an improbable friendship with a tyrant he used to ridicule as little rocket man. stepping across that line was a great honour, a lot of progress has been made, a lot of friendships have been made, and it has been in particular a great friendship, so i just want to thank you. that was very quick notice, and i want to thank you. there were chuckles as well from south koreans who watched on tv, and looks of utter disbelief — generations here have lived with the th

jinping to russia in talks with president putin they touched on that as well in crisis a run on the situation on the korean peninsula among the agreements signed as a deal between the chinese tech giant and the russian telecom giant m.t.s. on developing a 5 g. network here in russia the 2 countries also agreed to develop bilateral trade using national currencies the ruble the yuan. but you're. going to have coleman views on the situation in the korean peninsula and follow the joint road map as aleutian of the situation there noting that there's no will turn it if diplomacy for thawing existing problems will continue to work with china for the escalation of tensions and strengthening security in this region will also continue working for a peaceful resolution in syria and venezuela we remain committed to the iran nuclear deal. we discussed the development of our bilateral relations since there stablished when 70 years ago and included they've reached an unprecedented level new possibilities have opened for us the world is changing protectionism and unilateralism a raising their heads china and russia as leading world

decade or two decades from now we want peace on the peninsula we have to engage in economic development and i think the south koreans get that as well. this is a roundabout way of answering the question while we do that we have to make sure that we are not losing sight of the humanitarian piece of this where it's not just going to a small handful of folks that we are engaging in economic development and matter how do we bring this along with. >> absolutely. roundabout answers are perfectly acceptable. i think that is an excellent response but let me ask about one threat you just mentioned, the economic development piece. how should we be thinking about the economic development and you have a classic argument of if we engage we can reopen some of the projects? spee and instrument for pushing north korea into the nea the nuclear . >> the go of the sanctions are never to be that the north korea is going to give us the capability brought. this is from my perspective and i think we would be hitting ourselves about some point they're just going to lay down their nuclear capability. the sanctions have been effective in getting them to the

quite nice to you at $28.00 degrees and across the korean peninsula the sun continues to shine in those temperatures into the low thirty's there well across central and southern parts of china it has been flooding across much of the region you can see the areas of thunderstorms we're talking about right now just in the last 24 hours 110 millimeters of rain has been the trend for some major cities and for hong kong unfortunate on monday the rain is coming towards you we expect to see some very heavy rain showers there temperature of 30 but by the time we get towards tuesday some improvement in your forecast up toward shanghai though the rain is coming back with a temperature of 29 degrees and then very quickly across parts of the philippines the rain is going to be quite heavy over the next few days it is going to be increasing as we go towards midweek so here on monday partly cloudy conditions with great shows at 32 degrees and then as we go towards tuesday the rain really begins to kick in 32 degrees there but out towards central indonesia things are looking quite nice with bali seeing a temperature of 33. al-jazeera well to meet

making and you really have to ground yourself and say well hang on a 2nd this is all meant to be leading up to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula which we keep hearing about and we keep hearing from the president who is possibly overly optimistic he has to be optimistic because the price of failure potentially is just so disastrous to contemplate that he when you actually look at what has taken place there has not actually been any parts of north korea's nuclear arsenal that has been boxed up or decommissioned or handed over and they are still miles apart from each other when it comes to their relative positions. broke down we know that and so they still remain along let me just finish on those i said just how we are and our viewers what we're seeing president from. the south korean president have now arrived at the joint security zone there inside one of the famous blue huts we're seeing president i believe meeting some south korean m.p. south korean border guards there as you say they're not allowed to bring weapons into the air anymore so president trump shaking hands we're still still awaiting the arrival of the north korea

korean peninsula. that is one thing, and also look at what's thahappening these da. it's a big use of korean companies as well. we have a -- so in our case perhaps impact maybe a much administer -- energy, spg liome like that. and also, think about what the korea's position is. enhancing that discussion but largely look at a brighter spot in bed. so one of each, baby had a second challenge for korea, the u.s. relation in the coming days. >> what i would like to see in terms of the alliance is really sure north korea is the number one issue but really a focus on all the other things the united states and north korea are doing. when we were doing this in the bush administration, of course we had a progressive government. we had to talk a lot about north korea but at the same time the south koreans were sending troops to iraq, a pft in afghanistan, we did visa waiver. we had the work english study program. a whole variety of things and also i would direct you to a speech that mark lippard when he was ambassador, everything from development assistance to outer space together. this is the proactive agenda of the a

on the korean peninsula mr trump will be going down in history as the president who made peace on the korean peninsula and i would like to give my appreciation to donald trump and kim jong il well early on saturday the summit of the world's biggest economies came to a close when the world leaders agreeing to present a united front on global trade but the big developments took place on the sidelines with the u.s. and china agreeing to restart trade talks our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat reports a massage. with fears of further escalation in the trade war between the united states and china chinese president xi jinping issued words of warning to u.s. president donald trump. china and the united states benefit from. a confrontation. of the united states donald j. trump those words may have resonated following that meeting on the 2nd day of the g. 20 summit trump announced a breakthrough no new u.s. tariffs on chinese goods and a restart of stalled trade talks we're going to work with china on where we left off to see if we can make a deal but the 25 percent tariff already on 250000000000 in chinese goods into the united states remains in place the threat of tariffs o

well that's a big question for sure so i've traveled to the d.p. r. k. i traveled to the korean peninsula multiple times and worked with the korean nice days in the united states for several years and i mean there's really so many misconceptions about about the d.p. r. k. you know usually when i tell my students that it's important to really forget everything that you think you know about the country you've heard in the united states because you know it's just ridiculous propaganda and i think that you know this latest incident is really another manifestation of of how ridiculous it is that these claims are taken from you know the chosen elbow which is an extremely conservative paper in south korea that has multiple times already gotten the is sort of propagated these these accusations and then had them quickly disproven so this isn't the 1st time. but to your question as to what the one of the main misconceptions is i would say relative to this issue. and the reason why we see these you know sort of sensationalized basically fake news propagating throughout the media is to present the d.

on the korean peninsula syria and venezuela and the trip coincides with an economic forum in st petersburg the bos'n is joining us now from moscow what's the expected outcome of these talks. well both leaders have been meeting for more than 3 hours already and now the wider delegations are also having their talks we were expecting some statements already by now so the meeting is actually longer than expected but they have a lot to talk about as president clinton sat at the beginning of the meeting the relationship is at an unprecedented level and some people say it's at its strongest since the 9950 president teaching things settle into in an interview with the russian state television before he came here that putin is his closest and most really. front and of course the timing of this visit is very interesting it comes amidst of the trade war that's going on with the united states and it could be a bit of a hint at president trump trade between russia and china has been increasing it has actually reached this unprecedented level of more than $100000000000.00 u.s. dollars a year but it's still very small compared to the trade between the united states and china so as president

but over here towards parts of the korean peninsula we're going to be seeing the rain start to end for seoul it is going to be a nice day at about $26.00 degrees there well unfortunately no good news here across much of china we have seen widespread flooding because of the seasonal rains that have been going on we have seen rains here in the central areas up to $134.00 millimeters there even in thailand we have seen some very heavy rain up to about $172.00 millimeters just in the last 24 hours the rain is going to continue across much of the area actually we do expect it to get worse as we go from tuesday and into wednesday really edging in across much of the east for hong kong though it is going to be off and on rain for. with the tempter there of $32.00 degrees and more rain for shanghai with a temperature of $26.00 degrees their. true confessions might never be clean up to $29.00 or a cynical example of communist propaganda and i wanted to participate in their logical warfare oh i want to do it was told in 2010 al-jazeera access to north korea to investigate the alleged use of biological warfare by the us during the korean war rewind revisits dirty li

korean peninsula they even have a joint road map that they have been working out that they've been pushing on that process they often vote together on resolutions in the security council and economically as well they've been developing ties as we just saw in that piece in recent years of russia's china's main energy supplier china is russia's main trade partner so even though we have been hearing a lot of rhetoric from both sides about deep friendship that isn't just hot air there is also a basis to it ok we'll see what the basis comes up with today in terms of possible trade deals i'm only sure one worst moscow thanks for. get your mind out of our top stories at this hour on his 3 day state visit to britain president trump has hailed the british american alliance as the greatest the world has ever know today he will join queen elizabeth and other leaders a commemorative of the 75th anniversary of the d.-day landings. and in australia this for the grace of cardinal george go has begun his appeal against his conviction for child sexual abuse from about the 1st is the most senior cause a clergyman to be convicted of such crimes. this is 11 years live from berlin up next a documentary looking at

korean peninsula they even have a joint road map that they have been working out that they've been pushing on that process they often vote together on resolutions in the security council and economically as well they've been developing ties as we just saw in the piece in recent years russia's china's main energy supplier china is russia's main trade partner so even though we have been hearing a lot of rhetoric from both sides about deep friendship that isn't just hot air there is also a basis to it ok we'll see what the big comes up with today in terms of possible trade deals and we sure were worse of moscow for much. or going to focus on chinese foreign policy right now and the criticism beige of beijing has faced over human rights especially in hong kong when brittany go she added the conditions of the handover of that former colony to china in 1907 the u.k. insisted that the right to assemble protest would be protected met up with to hong kong dissidents who have found asylum here in germany they say that china is steadily chipping away at those human rights in hong kong. there the 1st time kong refugees to be granted asylum ray one and ellen lete now feel safe in germany they were threate

well the language of james you been spoken by fewer than 10000 people and it's not just a small population but an aging one that lives off an island off the korean peninsula. when they're to find out how speakers are trying to save their language one word at a time. preparing for a concert these children are singing in a language that dates back thousands of years but could have a future numbering just a few. for parents who've been listening to them rehearse the lyrics are mostly just memories from their own childhoods. when i was young i spoke at but after i started work i've rarely had opportunities to use the language with a cultural history that is probably as old as the rest of korea jeju has a unique language to match. but integration in more modern times combined with immigration and mass tourism have all taken their toll. but makes the language so endangered is that a low an estimated $10000.00 people still speak it nearly all of them are elderly and that unless something is done now within a few decades it could simply disappear. among the measures being taken by the island's government compulsory language classes in schools. and it's simle 10 y

korean peninsula she is due to meet u.s. president to discuss c.s. crazing trade war between the u.s. and china in the coming days china correspondent adrian brown has the latest from beijing. well this is a visit that's been a long time coming no chinese head of state has been in north korea since 2005 and of course the timing of this visit is significant because in just days from now president xi jinping is due to sit down and have face to face talks with the u.s. president donald trump so it's possible the president xi jinping wants to be seen to be playing a constructive role to try to revive the dialogue to persuade kim to give up his nuclear weapons and while kim refuses to do that of course the sanctions that china is in forcing against north korea on behalf of the united nations are likely to remain in force kim wants so sanctions to be lifted earlier on thursday a former senior north korean diplomat speaking in tokyo said that he believed that president xi jinping was now acting as a mediator and that kim would pass him a message containing an offer that she could give to trump when they next meet we don't know what that offer is but it's important that president xi jin

sendai tokyo as well as sapporo sapporo all getting to about 19 degrees there as we go from sunday and into monday the showers will be along the coastal areas but for the korean peninsula it is going to remain dry we are looking at temperatures into the high twenty's pyongyang maybe 30 degrees is going to be a forecast high but for the russian maritimes it is still quite chilly with a lot of us stuck at about 17 degrees there well the rain has been quite heavy here across much of china and as you can see these thunderstorms are really building up we do have a break here across the northern central areas for one over towards shanghai but over the next few days it's really going to be over here towards fujian province that we do expect to see some of the heaviest rains as well as crossing over towards taiwan taipei a very heavy rainy day for you at 28 degrees there maybe getting a little bit better by the time we get towards monday and then very quickly over here down towards the southeastern part of asia not looking too bad for parts of the philippines but by the time we get towards monday more heavy rain in the forecast for parts of manila. welcome back a quick reminde

russia denuclearization on the korean peninsula syria unfairness wella are expected to top the agenda in moscow trip coincides with an economic forum in st petersburg. well those are the headlines to stay with us here on al-jazeera the news continues after inside story don't go away. the impulse in the gulf 2 years since comfort was blockaded by 4 arab nations 2 years of regional isolation and still no end in sight so is this just the new normal in the gulf or is it a crisis which could actually be solved this is inside story. hello everyone i'm come all santamaria welcome to inside story a lot can happen in 730 days except it seems in the gulf crisis in fact arguably the standoff between qatar and the group of 4 arab nations which blockaded it is still where it was some 2 years ago you'll remember those 4 nations saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind and egypt cut their diplomatic and economic ties with cut or they close the only land border and imposed an air and sea blockade on june the 5th of 2017 kuwait stepped in to mediate but even as recently as last week saudi arabia's foreign minister was saying quote hopefully there will be a solution if it comes bac

korean peninsula. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, this concludes the press conference given by president moon and president trump. >>> you see president trump there as wells president moon jae-in of south korea finishing their press briefing. they were running behind. as you were listening to them they're quickly running on to their next stop where they will visit the dmz. the headlines coming out of that conversation clearly is, and it appears the president is confirming, that he will be meeting with kim jong-un. they will be having that handshake, at least that's what the president is saying, not as a maybe, but that it will be happening. those are his words he said during this press briefing. in addition to that he also discussed issues related to trade with president xi of china, and also some political notes as he has not forgotten what is happening in the united states, and that is the issues related to the economy, related to politics and the democratic race that's happening right now. the president covering lots of different items as well as moon jae-in. and moon jae-in really taking a step back from this process. when asked whether he's going to

denuclearization of the korean peninsula she is due to meet us present to discuss a trade war in the coming days china correspondent adrian brown has the latest from beijing. well this is a visit that's been a long time coming no chinese head of state has been in north korea since 2005 and of course the timing of this visit is significant because in just days from now president xi jinping is due to sit down and have face to face talks with the u.s. president donald trump so it's possible the president xi jinping wants to be seen to be playing a constructive role to try to revive the dialogue to persuade kim to give up his nuclear weapons and while kim refuses to do that of course the sanctions that china is in forcing against north korea on behalf of the united nations are likely to remain in force kim wants so sanctions to be lifted earlier on thursday a former senior north korean diplomat speaking in tokyo said that he believed that president xi jinping was now acting as a mediator and that kim would pass him a message containing an offer that she could get to trump when they next meet we don't know what that offer is but it's important that president xi jinp

korean peninsula. perhaps, quite a bit premature, but that's clearly where they think things are going here. they think they're going in the right direction. >> was this meeting really impromptu? >> well, certainly preparations and a possibility of a meeting. in fact, i met with a very senior u.s. official involved in these talks a week ago who told me that it was possible that this could happen, but he thought it was a very low likelihood and in fact put the odds at about 5%. it wasn't completely out of the blue but certainly came together at the last minute and in that sense it was very much an impromptu meeting. >> okay, jon karl, thanks very much from seoul. >>> a response from the democrats. julian castro joins us now. thank you for joining us this morning. let's start out with the first president to stand on the north korea soil. would president castro have made the same move? >> look, i'm all for speaking with our adversaries, but what's happened here is that this president has raised the profile of a dictator like kim jong-un, and now three times visited with him unsuccessfully, because he's doing it backward. usually what happens, as you know george, that there's an intense a

well or restart a dialogue. i think those are two things. the third is when we're thinking about the middle east, i talked about the north korean peninsula, we have to take a long view, long sustained engagement. with the middle east it's going to be a longer more sustained level of engagement. this is where, again, the beauty of the cold war was it maybe changed a little bit on the margins from one administration to the next but there was a bipartisan strategy and congress was engaged and a long term level of engagement. we have to take both these regions in a sustainable way and we don't have to do it by ourselves. if we thought we could engage them by ourselves. we shouldn't engage both our allies in this region but not our adversaries. there's not a long term that won't involve the chinese or russians and we have to think what that level of engagement looks like. >> let's use your very artful comments on the long game about the uk alliance and questions there. i'm guilty as the moderator, the thing i hated as ambassador, i'd be in my office in seoul, have guests from out oftown and get 75 questions about north korea. there is another pie

korean peninsula. it is not just easy as bringing in defense of the dictator next door. what do you think of that response, jennifer? >> i think it is brilliant. you know what dr. carlson says? well response. i am sure your fol folks can pu the exact quote. that's his response. this is really a bad joke on all of us and good for amy klobachar and other democrats for saying yes, we want diplomacy. all this is doing is making kim jong-un the bigger and more impressive character. he's able to hold trump and able to wrap him around his finger like so many dictators do. this is not a great photo opt for america. it is a great photo opt for america. >> donald trump been photo opted with xi jinping and vladimir putin and kim jong-un. can we play really quick, the tucker sound? >> this is a monstrous regime in the world. the disgusting place and obviously, there is no defending it. on the other hand, you know, you got to be honest of what it means to lead a country. it means killing people, not on the scale of north koreans do. a lot of people committed atrocities including the numbers that we are closely -- it is important to be honest about that. rong, be stronger... with new nicorette