and north korea continued in new york the participants included robert carlin an expert on north korea's nuclear program who had visited the country often. remember two thousand and three are at sea characters first to john morris and me they took us to young ground they walked us into this facility which we were not really expecting we thought maybe we would see. a few centrifuges i don't know how many ten the hundred were just. and we would say oh yeah it's really impressive. instead they took it took us into this building. took us up to the viewing and there are two thousand centrifuges. they let us in our jaws dropped and we were sort of speechless as we tried to come through centrifuges and then they were steps out of there because they didn't want us to see them we think too much point worse somebody wanted. and that this and that the situation had become more common and we're going. to him jong il died in december two thousand and eleven. he was succeeded by his son kim jong un many western experts doubted whether the inexperienced young man would be up to the job. kim soon launch

is north korea. it's a country so impoverished, so backward that it's sometimes seems to be from another century. the economy of south korea is 36 times larger than that of the north yet somehow the north korean leader now commands the center of the world's stage. this is the story of kim jong-un, his past, his present and how has managed to bring an american president to his doorstep. ♪ december 28th, 2011. kim jong-un had just inherited the cruelest, most repressive dictatorship on earth. his father kim jong-il was dead from a heart attack. in icy pyongyang, tens of thousands lined the streets. for many mourners, it was a chance to catch a glimpse of their new leader. >> people believed he's too young. he's too inexperienced. >> there were real fears that kim jong-un still in his 20s was not up to the job. >> he looked like a boy. there he is sobbing over his father's casket. >> some doubted that he could ever command the kind of cult-like worship his grandfather and his father inspired. a reaction

north korea is in its backyard. is a warh korea fears on the korean peninsula. wreake havoc that would to china itself. they are interested in making and the situation is stable then the pursuit of denuclearization second. massachusetts, independent mind for our guest, go ahead. caller: good morning. i hope he is successful but i am confused. but you are talking about verifying things. that?od are we at why would he have this verifiable policy is yet we were able to verify in them. he put us out. i am confused. i wish you would explain that to me and my husband did fight in korea. peace.ope there will be thank you. guest: thank you to your husband for his service and sacrifice. on the koreaneace peninsula has meaning to a lot of people in the u.s. and on the korean peninsula. butpe donald trump succeeds the color brings up an interesting quandary, which is president trump pulled the and estates out of the 2015 iran nuclear deal, which succeeded in process.round nuclear it was getting to the point fiscalou could produce material. they did not get there. one reaso

it's hard to imagine a united korea i think korea has south korea studied the german unification as a model and wow it's expensive and i think they're a bit freaked out about that i don't know i don't i don't hear any talk of korean unification this is sort of a pipe dream from people who don't live in the region or but it's a very expensive thing and german unification is still a work in progress. yeah. obviously. germany and korea share a similar is that commitment however to germany it does not undergo. in a civil war between east and west alien east and west germany ally in those as us korea civil war and then based on this experienced some of the emotional emotional sentiment emotional. and the negative emotional reactions to it was clear you know it's only north korean sentiment is still strong in south korea however. and then the economic perspective on the unification i think it's still i think it was to be criticised as well as obviously the young people in south korea concern about these money you know how much money they have to. pay for the whole of the process of unific

north korea is in its backyard. what north korea fears is a war on the korean peninsula. and the havoc that would wreak to china itself. they are interested in making sure that the situation is stable and then the pursuit of denuclearization second. pedro: from massachusetts independent mind for our guest, , daryl kimball. go ahead. caller: good morning. i hope he is successful, but i am confused. i know that china is a great ally of north korea. but you are talking about verifying things. how good are we at that? why would he have this verifiable policy, and yet we iran and to verify in he pulled us out of that. so i am confused. i wish you would explain that to me, and my husband did fight in north -- in korea during the korean war. so, i hope there will be peace. thank you. daryl: thank you to your husband for his service and sacrifice. the issue of peace on the korean minutes alone -- the korean peninsula has a lot of meaning to a lot of people in the u.s. and on the korean peninsula. i hope donald trump succeeds but the person brings up an interesting quandary, which

korea are very big. this government has acted as a bridge between washington, pyongyang at this been a difference maker. i can tell you diplomats in seoul that i've worked with, they literally worked day and night 24 hours a day day seven days a week to try and make this piece happen. essentially president has staked his whole political legitimacy on this one issue. imagine politicians in washington doing that. that's something we don't see very much in washington and at something went to think about. singapore summit, i know it's been canned. people say didn't create any realistic tangible deliverables. didn't change anything. north korea didn't give up ten nuclear weapons right there on the tarmac. of course they weren't but that's not singapore summit was about. it was a bridge, a beginning and i think if you look at the actual text of the singapore declaration there's really three big things there that the north koreans and washington are now working on in parallel to try and deliver sort of a peacef

korea, we have been working very closely with south korea, with japan. china, russia, on the border. have really been at least partially living up to what they are supposed to be doing and that's ok. he says a lot has been done since the first meeting, would you agree with that? >> tensions have been eased. u.s. scaled-back military exercises over the summer. there has not been progress on denuclearization. u.s. intelligence leaders were just in congress testifying on global threats. they reported and i would agree that north korea continues to take actions contrary to the goal of denuclearization. they produce plutonium and highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and they are proving their missile capabilities even if they are not doing what tests. the president says he is not in a rush, but we need to move into the summit with urgency because this window of opportunity is not going to last. we have a supportive south korean president moon jae-in who has this effortyst for with north korea. we have a president who is willing to take the risk of meet

and north korea and you've got south korea and north korea and that adds a different dynamic to it it's not just about the narrow issue of north korea's nuclear program but it's clearly the problem the world in the u.s. wants to solve but south korea is talking about all sorts of other things which might encourage north korea not just the idea of economic development of being like a country like vietnam one day but also the important korean factors the idea of unity and reconciliation career is effectively one country which has been divided now for seventy years james we're looking now at live pictures of the two leaders of donald trump and ken john and sitting down to have that dennet together and one of the few things that we head for president trump say after they shook hands was that he thought he perhaps would make a success from the last summit was that they have. a very good relationship a very good personal relationship. thank you very much relatively short sided in that hotel on some toes are all of the compiler hotel they seem to have built up quite a group or can they transla

and, of course, what that means for north korea and south korea. before we have the actual press conference from president trump we did get wind that they would cancel these ceremonies, the signing ceremony, that was planned, and that's when we saw the real turn in the kospi it ended up ending the day lower, and it is important to note that that turn really came when we got wind that that ceremony -- that signing was off the table. >> what was your read on the morning's developments >> i think we're seeing washington officials really coming to a bit of a realization that north korea is not really interested in denuclearization yes, north korean leader kim jong un actually answering a question this morning of a reporter out of hanoi and said that he didn't have the -- if it didn't have the willingness, that he wouldn't have come to hanoi, but when it comes to specific steps towards the denuclearization, i think that's when things got a bit difficult for both sides president trump says that north korea wanted sanctions off the regime in entirety, but

want to build railway lines that connect south korea with north korea and eventually with china and with russia and obviously none of those dreams are ever going to get off the ground if the same sions stay in place so they're going to be bitterly disappointed they would have definitely hoped for they would have a hope for a huge breakthrough but they would hope for small incremental steps that prove that both parties the u.s. and north korea they're both both serious about this process maybe a reopening at least for a time of joint economic zone in case song between north and south korea in return for maybe weapons inspectors to enter the country something like that something that would show them ok we're heading in the right direction but this the events that happened here in annoying think that they're going to be bitterly disappointed and redone i don't alexander where do we go from here just ten months ago we had this historic meeting between came and and a south korean president a more what and what do you think trump say ah more talks between the u.s. and came on a more summi

and where does it appear threat from north korea this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hard on that hamid sometimes you have to walk this was how u.s. president donald trump described the sudden end to his summit with north korea's leader kim jong un the pair rived in vietnam with hopes of building on last year's historic summit in singapore but less than two days later they signed no agreement and there's some clear when they'll talk again north korea's neighbors south korea and china both said they were disappointed with the outcome we'll bring in our panel in just a moment but first when hey reports from hanoi. before the summit u.s. president donald trump tried to lower expectations of a deal with north korean leader kim jong il but the expectation was at the very least that the pair would sign some form of agreement on denuclearization or make a joint statement instead the talks were cut short before lunch the table will sit by the diners didn't show leaving donald trump to explain why racially they wanted the sanctions lifted i

korea and japan within fen years.i arabia is going to be a nuclear power within 8 to 10 years, two nuclear powers are actively in a shooting war as we speak. so you know it possible to live with a wacky family crime gang kim nuclear regime. they just need to know there are consequences. >> and they also -- it seems like if kim jong-un knows that his country is not going to be invaded by the imperialist americans, he is a little less anxious, it has been his operating principle for decades now, that is how he was indoctrinated. >> yeah, and if trump moves the goal post said, look -- >> since. >> it a crazy night you have to cut you off, we have to go to break, we'll do that right now. stay with us, more in moments. sir, you're a broker. what do you charge for online equity trades? ♪ ah, i'll look into it. [phone ringing] [beep] lisa jones! hey carl, what are you charging me for online equity trades? [nervous laughter] and do i get my fees back if i'm not happy? like a satisfaction guarantee? ugh...schwab! oh right, i'm

the creation of us north korea liaison offices and north korea to stop producing nuclear materials atne of its primary facilities that we heard about during the singapore summit. it would include 300 different buildings and several acres. what do you think of that? if any of that ends up being true? >> that would be an okay deal but it would fall pretty far short of denuclearization let alone fire viable -- verifiable denuclearization. it is a step towards better relations but pretty far short of what some people expect. it would be a poor man's agreed framework which is what the united states got with the north koreans back in 1994. heather: olivia, your thoughts on the points and attendant deal? >> the most concerning aspects of this prospect of deal our first, the idea that a piece declaration is needed right now. i think a piece declaration threatens the ability of the us to maintain its alliance with south korea. even though it could be a very symbolic measure, this could lead to withdrawal of us troops on the peninsula and even more concerning, all these promises, north korea ha

path as opposed to some kind of crisis on the border. >> shannon: we will keep her north korea koreamatic experts that we have with us because the president is now moving onto another life event in about four or 5 minutes, we want to take a break now so we can take you back life to hanoi as that plays out, stick around. ♪ ee ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products and free shipping. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com. upload your logo or start your design today uh uh - i deliverberty the news around here. ♪ sources say liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. over to you, logo. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ nothing can prepare you to hear those words... stage 2 breast cancer. i have three little kids. i can't have cancer. so we decided to travel to cancer treatment centers of america. dr. fernandez was wonderful. he said it was up to me to do what's best. it's about giving her options, where amy has all the information to

of north korea did better economically and the people had a better quality of life. to clear ization. despite the sanctions there has been some progress in into korean relations two sides have explored railway corridors that could link north and south and to ease tensions along the heavily fortified border they have blown up guard posts on both sides. the three direct meetings between north korea's leader kim jong un and south korean president new day in where the main driving force behind these developments one symbolic visit however is still missing kim jong un has said he wants to come here to south korea's capital seoul that would be historic no north korean leader has set foot in the city since the end of the korean war some sixty percent of south koreans think a visit would be a good idea if it helps build peace and it might surprise you but there are some here who are even outright fans of kim jong. un head she regularly things at public events in support of kim jong il. seeing him frequently on t.v. over the last year sparked her interest. sometimes tom's eit

>> i suspect that japan may be encouraged and south korea, at least president moon in south korea, may be disappointed. he has been pushing for more engagement, he wanted sanctions relief to permit a north/south economic relation s reestablishd in a broader way. that will not happen if the president holds firm that there's no sanctions relief. both china and russia have been easing off of the sanctions because of singapore and the suggestions from president trump that things were going swimmingly. they found a lot of loopholes we believe to back off on sanctions relief. so, that is one thing. one other thing that i thought might be disturbing to south korea and to the u.s. military is the president casting shade on the joint military exercises. he free-lanced the suspension of military exercises in singapore, much to the dismay of general mattis. when asked about about them, he said they are a waste of money. they cost $100 million. war games are nice. we play war games. he really diminished the importance of the military exercises that are important for readiness of both sides. now th

on the side of a south korea so. being shuttling in between those two big brother is the north koreans asking a very important and as a as a fallback option so this will if this works well this will a stability in the region. thanks so much for joining us. mostly thank you. i am ashamed because i know what mr trump is he is a racist he is a con man and he is a cheat mr trump knew of and directed the trump moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it he lied about it because he never expected to win mr trump is an enigma he is complicated as a mark he is both good and bad as do we all but the bad far outweighs the good nothing went on in trump world especially the campaign without mr trump's knowledge and approval so i concluded that don jr was referring to that june twenty sixth teen trump tower meeting about dirt on hillary donald trump is a man who ran for office to make his brain great not to make our country great he had no desire or intention to lead this nation only to market himself and to bui

and heartache travel to south korea to find out how basketball is helping ventilations . lim you who has had closer contact with north koreans but almost anyone in the south she was the captain of the joint korean basketball team at last year's asian games a bonding experience. one time one of the north korean players brought us a snack a toyota drives which i didn't expect it to taste good but it was delicious so i told her i loved it and she brought me more to. give it going we've heard i brought her some snacks from south korea so it really felt like we were members of the same family. she was. on the. so-called sports diplomacy like at the winter olympics in time last year is one of the few ways open to north and south korea to build trust and improve their relation. to me that if. the relations between north and south and between the north and the west are very closely connected here the progress in the denuclearization process is tending fellow north and south very limited options you have to heal to its restricted to things like sports culture religion cutting but

and north korea but also involves south korea and north korea and the trust easy a small steps and had there been any steps to speak of since the first summit in singapore last year well there were small symbolic steps being done the remains of missing in action soldiers were brought back to the u.s. there was. the. test side was dismantled and there were several as a small steps inside of north korea. and of course that both sides have to come together there were a plan working groups or they decide what kind of steps they have to do along the way bustin let me ask you from where you're standing there who is going into these talks with the stronger hand the north korean leader or the u.s. president. well so obviously they both want something out of these talks now the u.s. of course wants north korea to denuclearize but they know they've come to the realization that it's not going to be something that's going to happen very quickly and if you heard those comments that the president made just before the summit or just before the meeting today where he said speed is not important to him

some of the them are based in south korea, and others just have revenue coming from north korea and thecific names i want to point to, they are hyundai elevate and shinwon, 21% weaker, and seonindo electric, down as well big losses for the north korea exposed stocks >> big moves there absolutely 18% to 20% slides. thank you very much. now let's check the action in europe in the early morning juliana with more on that. >> good morning. well, that negative tone is filtering through to the european session, although the moves we're seeing here much more modest in terms of magnitude relative to certainly those south korean names now just to approximate ut this into context, a down day this broke a three-day win streak for the stock 600 the main yourp even equity index. every major region, as can you see beside me, is trading lower. one in particular worth highlighting, the ftse 100 down 0.9% a very strong rally in sterling, which is negative. jp morgan. thanks for joining us. your take-away from the stunning collapse of the talks. the long-term market impact. >> good morning. hi there i wou

and north korea the intra korean talks between north korea and south korea and south korea's been way ahead of the u.s. talking about building joint railways joint railroads and ending the korean war and all these things how does this affect that separate korean process i think it creates a roadblock for the korean process a question was asked to president from by n.k. news about this very issue he didn't answer it he obviously doesn't have an answer to the problem of what does president moon do next or he gave us some platitudes about moon being a great guy who's working very hard so we'll have to wait and see how the south koreans are going to try and spin this christopher green from the international crisis group thank you very much indeed for joining me just before i leave you standing here seven months ago as with you michael called for rick who is from the international crisis group another expert on north korea worth telling our viewers he is still a former canadian diplomat still in a chinese jail he was working as an analyst on these issues and he is being held by the chinese

korea. i'd like to welcome our witnesses. the senate armed services committee's top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the national defense strategy. that means we need urgent hange to address the challenges, strategic competition with china. r military advantage and deterrent edge in the indo pacific is eroding. the chinese communist party in beijing senses the weakness and are testing our resolve. if we do not act urgently they may soon conclude they can achieve their goals through force. for granted. this l how can we and our allies achieve the capabilities, capacity, and posture necessary to prevent a war by convincing beijing that it cannot win? general abrams, as another u.s. north korea summit approaches i look forward to hearing from on how we ensure our military is prepared to win if necessary. finally i hope today's hearing will serve as a reminder of one of the greatest sources of american power our alliances and our partnerships. whether it's strategic competit

the republic of korea, south korea and japan. i would submit for the record mr. chairman, two articles, one from february 9 washington post entitled, japan and south korea ties worse than five decades. is you as leaves alliance unattended. and also a february 10th article from the nelson report entitled japan, rok crisis gets worse. admiral davidson, i don't want to spend the whole time on this, but general abrams commented on it. this is a serious problem which potentially affects our ability to gain cooperation between our allies. is that correct? >> i think both nations recognize senator, that the future in the indo pacific, if you're going to require great democracies like korea, japan and the united states to work together for very long term. i can tell you whether the alliance is being attended to, i have spoken to both the chief of defense in korea and japan in the last week, i will return a call to the chief of defense in korea later this week, i talked to both of our ambassadors, i met with one of them, both of them actually personally. much is going on

korea. the united states and south korea conclude negotiations on the special measures agreement in which south korea agreed to increase its financial support for the troops. ... >> at the end of the day the presentation and our lines is a critical period and to counter chinese course and activity region. admiral davidson, while north korea presents the immediate challenge, china presents the long term threat this country has faced many, many years. china has left several countries cearley in debt to china. believe their state treasury bankrupt and beholding to the president's administration. it's an economic issue with the national security information to the united states. chinese aggression globally requires telling rely on our allies toward degree. international military education, or fmf are crucial in the air. both are key partners like vietnam and the philippines to monitor defendant lind. the united states needs to recognize the work of allies like australia, so they can counter trad

go ahead. >> i'm from south korea. channel 8, south korea media. i'd like to ask you, you said we do not particularly know when they will be -- north korean leader would be willing to come to the table and take the actions that's been required. if that's the case, would the u.s. be willing to strengthen the sanctions and perhaps put the pressure on north korea to move forward? >> i don't want to comment on that. i can just tell you this, that we have very strong sanctions. i don't want to talk about increasing sanctions. they're strong. they have a lot of great people in north korea that have to live also and that's important to me. and i would say this. my whole attitude changed a lot because i got to know, as you know, chairman kim very well. they have a point of view also. i don't want to talk about that. i think that hopefully for the sake of south korea, for the sake of japan and for the sake of china -- i was talking to president xi who really is a man that gets the respect of a lot of people. i say you can't love having a nuclear state right

tension has been reduced, if you ask south korea and north korea, tensions are reduced. there are many things he could do to demonstrate his intent for denuclearization. we'll be on the ground today. i'll be there tomorrow to continue discussions. i don't want to get into details what has been proposed, what the offers and counteroffers may be. but a verifiable step is something i know the president is very intent on receiving. >> your successor, gina haspel, told congress members last month that kim is committed to making a long-range missile that would detonate the united states. president trump tweeted, quote, there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. does he still no longer believe there is a nuclear threat from north korea even though we heard they're committed to making a long-range missile? >> we know the history of north korea making promises, making commitments, taking american money when president clinton said we've got this resolved back in 1994. this administration is not going to do that. we've charted a different path. frankly, we've been critic

we have seen a lot of discussion about china and north korea, revisionist china and nuclear north korea. we also have extremist groups that exist within your regions as well with ties to isis and other types of terrorist groups. admiral davidson, i'd like to start with you. i understand that there are a couple of countries or a few countries out there like microkneesia and the marshall imitates that operate under compacts of free association and we have financial assistance provided through that. we talked about a number of different ways that we are cooperating with various countries, allies in the region. these compacts of free association, some will be expire in four to five years. can you maybe talk us through why those are so important? what do we realize out of those types of compacts? and should they be funded or should we allow them to exexpire? >> sorry. in short, senator, those -- those compacts are the connective tissue between the united states in the physical air and maritime andterrestial space to 60% of the world's economy. the compacts have -- obligate us to defend the n

has led in the koreas. talk a bit about that if you would colonel jacobs. >> you know, these exercises are extremely important. it's not just a question of demonstrating that we have a great deal of power or that we're projecting our influence and so on. they actually test systems we need to test if we're ever going to be in a position, we have to be in a position to defend ourselves, our interest in our allies in the person pacific. and canceling them, curtailing them, delaying them is extremely bad for the defense of the republic. it's interesting to note that whatever we do, most observers recognize that there is not likely to be a circumstance in which north korea is going to give up its nuclear weapons. nuclear weapons are its guarantees, its insurance against its enemies, the united states to be sure but also japan and south korea and even china. so whatever the united states tries to offer north korea not including canceling any kind of military exercises, even withdrawal if it should come to that, n

command and north korea actually not south korea but obviously south korea would have to be a party to such a declaration but then i that's really an aspirational document if they sign something like that because the actual peace treaty that would end the war and replace the armistice would take some time to negotiate how long would that take and also the south korean president has certainly weighed in and said that he believes a declaration would help pave the way for kim to get rid of his news do you believe that. it's one small bit i don't think it's the most consequential thing the north koreans are really looking in the end for sanctions relief but this could be a goodwill gesture or it's possible they would sign something like that but again a legal document that would actually replace the armistice is months if not years away an american president isn't going to sign a peace treaty with the north koreans while they still have a significant nuclear capability. now when tom started his presidency outgoing president barack obama had said that north korea was the biggest geo politic

remember north korea as a bumper against seoul, u.s. forces that are actually in korea. so the chinese are very worried that someday they will be reunification. let me tell you he reunified south korea would have trillions of dollars and seoul would have a cheap entrepreneurial labor force to actually rebuild. so would be empowered, a powerhouse in china does not want that. so a little worried about china's motives here. >> tucker: so you believe the government of south korea would like to unify the country? >> harry: eventually, unification ministry and scholars on staff researching to try to figure this out. i think someday it will happen. we may see it in our lifetime. >> tucker: what do you think the president will announce when this is over? >> harry: a piece declaration to end the war and liaison. that is critically important. i know people have found that, tucker, you are giving something up to north koreans. tucker i have never heard of talking as being a concession. that is the neoconservative say and that is garbage to be honest with you. think about, if we wer

have you discussed the issue of possible inspections to north korea's north korea's nuclear sites or talks with the chairman. good inspections in iraq i was going to. introduce sections mentions yes inspections on north korea you know inspectors would be able you know nor in the early about to do that very easily we have that set up so we would be able to do that very easily the inspections on north korea will take place and will if we do something with them we have a schedule set up that is very good we know. things that as david was asking about certain places and certain sites there are sites that people don't know about that we know about we would be able to do inspections we think very very successfully yes to ma'am please please. yes go ahead please yes. thank you mr president and lot of people here by the way that big group of people yes go ahead can use israel as event good hollowing this in gage meant with north korea you're trying to bring peace to the middle east right the peace plan is about to be introduced in the near future and as you have mentioned before we hope we h

japan, south korea, i think china. speaking of china, we're well on our way to doing something speci special. i'm never afraid to walk from a deal, and i would do that with china, too, if it didn't work out. >> are you concerned, if you're not able to reach an agreement, that the testing will start again? >> he said that the testing will not start. he said he's not going to do testing of rockets or missiles or anything having to do with nuclear. and all i can tell you is that's what he said, and we'll see. go ahead, please, in the back. red, in the red. >> thank you, mr. president. >> thank you. >> jessica stone, i have a question about china. you talk about china being willing to pen shlly -- how wou describe china's role in the engagement? >> china has been a big help. on the border, 93% of the goods coming into north korea come through china. so, there's a great power there. at the same time, i happen to believe that north korea is calling its own shots. they're not taking orders from anybody. he's a very strong guy

we have to remember north korea is not iraq. north korea is not a defeated country.ed the first inspection in north korea and it is not easy. we have to understand we are going to have to build cooperation with the north koreans on these inspections. we are not going to have a but ifnt presence, cooperation gets better and better, we will not be able to verify an agreement. host: when you say it is not easy, why not? 60 yearse reason for of hostility and dealing with north koreans face-to-face on a daily basis is not easy because they have been steeped in that hostility. this is where we get back to the earlier point i made about if the leader says we need to move in this direction, that helps a lot because all the north koreans will know that and understand they need to implement the leader's instruction. host: is there a reality it got to that point north korea could stay here are the sites we have and at the same time have sites hidden away from inspection? guest: that is what inspections are about, to reduce the risk. that doesn't mean inspections will be 100% ef