what are we hearing from president trump and president moon jae-in? the foreign minister of south korea telling the foreign press for on their way to the white house that they believe the june 12 summit will in fact take place, putting the arts according to the top -- odds according to the top advisor of president moon jae-in at 99.99%. between the us and china on bilateral trade talks continue. the south koreans still clearly have an interest in what is going on. topic number two is trade. they had disagreements with president trump in terms of his withdrawal from the transpacific partnership. david: we saw headlines that the national security adviser to president moon jae-in said it is 99.9% sure. president trump said we will see. which one is right? kevin: at the end of the day, the unpredictability of president trump is something many people have tried to weigh in on. the policy of this is so fluid. it is interesting in terms of how you have to look at the china back and forth negotiations. earlier today, treasury secretary steven mnuchin testifie

it's, you know, moon jae-in is not playing games here. we heard the president say this week, "everybody plays games." but for moon jae-in, this is a question of keeping his people safe from war, keeping his country from turning into a nuclear battleground. so moon jae-in will protect the safety of his people, and if that means reprosplamant, he wi go ahead with it. ideally, moon jae-in will have the full weight of washington behind him when he was making these negotiations, but he will do what it takes to make his country safe. >> adam, thanks for getting to a camera on short notice. let's bring in danielle moody mills, an nbc blk contributor. joe watkins, former white house aide to president george h.w. bush, and msnbc political analyst, rick tyler, former cruz campaign spokesman. good to see you all with a happy saturday morning to you. rick, i'm going to start with you here. we have the president claiming in a tweet yesterday that democrats are rooting against us in our negotiations with north korea. look, as a republican, do you think

moon jae-in was very happy about it. moon jae-in was very happy about it. he possibility of peace and hope the summit with kim jong—un would be a tampa late for mr trump's. he wants this to work for the sake of south korea but now people wonder if he has overstated the willingness of north korea to deal. kim jong—un has the willingness of north korea to deal. kimjong—un has played along with goodwill gestures like replacing north korean american hostages and the build—up to the summit has been shaped by an unusual degree of diplomatic showmanship by both leaders and the oval office seemed to see the latest round. he will be saved, he will be happy and his country will be rich. mr trump stressed it would be worth it for kim jong—un to take the risk, throwing the ball back to his court. the secretary of state but a positive spin on this sharp reality check. it is clear we are working to make sure there is an understanding about the contents of what will be discussed but i am optimistic. all of this coincides with the roll—out a commemorative coin minted by the

moon jae-in and kim have met twice now trump and kim might meet. moon and trump did meet in washington. now moon is suggesting again that he wants a trilateral summit with him, moon, and kim to officially end the korean war. yvonne: if south korea and china are both meeting kim jong-un twice, i am wondering who is running the game? is it china and south korea? raising questions leading up to the summit. stephen: china definitely has exerted influence, now meeting kim jong-un twice over the last month or so. kim jong-un seeking the advice and counsel of xi jinping or xi jinping offering his advice and counsel as well. the tone from pyongyang changed after the second meeting. yvonne: we are probably going to come back to you tomorrow and see if we have an update. stephen: four in an hour. yvonne: stephen engle thank you, our chief asian correspondent. our top story on today's edition of daybreak for bloomberg subscribers, go to dayb on your terminals. also available on your mobile in the bloomberg anywhere app. make sure to check that out. presid

the first, president moon jae-in being elected in south korea, reaching out to north korea as a number one agenda item as president. rip --y of last year to to may of this year, it's his top priority. he is known and trusted by the north erie the second big change, kim jong-un. -- by the north. the second big change, kim jong-un on has consolidated his powers. he has elevated generals senior ranks that he trusts. consolidated a limited nuclear deterrent and is feeling much more confident today than he was even 12 months ago. the third big strategic changes trump and his maximum pressure campaign. and he deserves some credit for changing the dynamic on the peninsula. but unless we understand those previous strategic factors we are at risk of misunderstanding what is driving the whole process. as the distinct fellow at the mansfield thousand -- foundation said about the summit, there was a good bad outcome, a bad bad there is ad catastrophic outcome. the best we can hope for is what he calls the good bad outcome. the good bad outcome is that the leaders sit down and agree to the basic pr

jenny from how does this whole development could or could not affect moon jae-in power or standing within korea, or not? >> obviously, well, first of all thanks to the stimson center for taking us in. we are the survivors. obviously south korea has a lot at stake and moon jae-in has invested a lot of personal capital into this process as well, as frank said. this is one of his top agenda items, one of the first things he wanted to do at some excellent first thing to want to do even before he was elected. it was very much on a top priority. he's already had the inter-korean summit which for all intensive purposes was a success. they get all the commitments they needed to move the process forward. he's been very successful in dragging the u.s. along, getting trump involved in the process, getting the u.s. and dprk talking directly. but now the problem becomes that in this scheme of things as much as known ones to be in the driver seat in this process, north korea doesn't necessarily see south korea as an equal partner. now that the u.s. is involved and now that china is involved, it margina

south korean leader moon jae-in is in washington on a mission to save a rare meeting between the u.s. and the north. trump had agreed to meet kim jong-un in singapore on june 12, at the summit is in serious doubt, with both sides wavering on the details. here is bruce harrison in seoul. bruce: president moon korea, where he has high approval ratings for his diplomacy with north korea. he is in washington, and they are not as happy with him at the moment. there are suggestions that he may have overstayed -- overstated assurances that north korea would be willing to give up nuclear weapons. on the other hand, perhaps president trump simply misread the situation, he was too cocksure, and ignored skepticism that north korea would do this. presidenent moon has t to convie trump toto go forward w with ths summit. president moon has staked his presidency on this diplomatic plan. number one, , a meeting between nortrth and south h setting thee thehefor a meeting between u.s. and north korea, , the firt time the leaders of those countries would meet. tosident moon perhaps needs sit down with t

conservatives,an ,nd people in washington dc moon jae-in inherited it. isan say moon jae-in different from them even though they embraced the idea. pace.ried to keep this is very different. attention toial the alliance. i am one of the persons who make this campaign into policies. i was one of the three members. i can confidently say his policies are different from the past. ok. then why north korea changed. first one, diplomatic isolation. sanctions evene though some conservatives and some members of resistance groups don't believe china really seriously joined in the sanctions. china was quite serious as far as i understand with sanctions. pressure.tremendous the economic hardship perspective. third, this is another factor we have to think about. in rulingonfidence north korea. and also, the moon jae-in government. between northgap korea and the united states, and the south korean people. opportunitiesnew for south korea. we have a strong sense of urgency to denuclearize north korea. and north korea's nuclear development. united states pays more attenti

and the june 1st information coming in from kcna in the last hour, because we believe that moon jae in coming to the the cameras in four or five or six hours potentially to release more details of the meeting that he had had with north korea's leader. so, joel, what did they discuss that was at least ableb from the read out to be possible for meeting? >> well, we are seeing the south korean diplomacy really lead this process. the north is driving as i mentioned the public relations, but the south, they are getting in the middle and trying to ensure that their interests are protected, their interests first and foremost are in insuring that there is no war between the united states and north korea, because they would suffer greatly, and president moon would be blindsided by the summit from president trump's letter the ho other dother day,e driving them into the arms of north korea as we saw that in the photo the other day, and we are g are going to begin to speak with a more unified voice, and that is from the united states that we are careful not to be left out of the process, and inste

announcement from south korea after north korea's leader, kim jong-un, and south korean president, moon jae-inond meeting at the dmz. new video coming in now. this is, as you see, moon jae-in coming in, and he will be greeted by kim jong-un. this reportedly is on the north korean side there in the demilitarized zone. of course, these talks between the two men come at a time when the future or potential, you see the picture of a hug here between the two, of talks between the u.s. and north korea renewed after the president canceled talks. there have been conciliatory statements from north korea, from the u.s., as well, the south korean president and the blue house in seoul saying they are happy that the embers of potential talks -- i'm paraphrasing here -- are not out, and the two men here were discussing from 3:00 to 5:00 local time, the potential to continue on with the talks, potentially as scheduled for june 12th. as we learn more, we've got our will ripley covering this, matt rivers there in seoul, as well, and we'll have more on the breaking news. a second summit between the leaders of no

the first is present moon jae-in being elected. a progressive and south korea and reaching out to north korea as a number one agenda item for him as president. from may of last year until may of this year, it has been his top priority. he is known and trusted by the north. a big change is kim jong-un. he has consolidated political power and assassinated his half-brother. he's promoted his followers .cross every out t he's elevated generals to senior ranks. consolidated a limited nuclear deterrent. feeling much more confident today than he was 12 months ago. dj changemain strip is president trump and he deserves some credit. but unless we understand those previous two strategic factors we are at risk of misunderstanding what is driving this whole process. as a distinguished fellow at the mansfield foundation likes to say about the summit, he said ,here's a good bad outcome there's a bad bad outcome, and there's a catastrophic outcome the best we can hope for is what he calls the good bad outcome. the good bad outcome is that the lea

south korea's president moon jae-in is trying to push ahead for the summit. so is secretary of state mike pompeo who says, we're driving on. he's appearing today before the house foreign affairs committee. >> it has a chance to be a great, great meeting for north korea and a great meeting for the world. if it doesn't happen, maybe it will happen later. >> last week north korea threatened to abandon the sit-down in singapore. the country blamed a one-sided demand by the u.s. to give up its nuclear weapons. though president trump assured kim the u.s. would not seek a regime change if a deal to dismantle nuclear weapons was reached. >> i will guarantee his safety, yes. >> still, the president and members of his administration are hedging on whether the summit will actually take place. >> i'm not a betting man, so i wouldn't care to predict whether it will happen. >> if it doesn't happen, that's okay too. maybe it won't happen on june 12th. it will happen on a later date. >> south korean president moon jae-in conveyed the summit's importance when meeting with the

what there also is emerging today is some speculation that with this role of mediator that moon jae-in seems to be taking on, it's very likely that moon could be in the room if kim jong-un and donald trump actually meet. >> very interesting. where do things stand within the administration on how -- what the stance is on north korea? john bolton, vice president pence had both been talking about libya and using that as a model. the president swiped that when bolton first brought it up but then pence brought it up again so where do they stand? is there agreement over how these negotiations should go forward and what should be on the table? >> well, one thing we know about the libya model is the north koreans interpret that as a signal of regime change and president trump has gone out of his way in the last week or two to try to guarantee to kim jong-un that if there were some sort of nuclear deal with the u.s., that he would be safe, that the u.s. would see it as a priority to keep him in place as the leader of north korea. because as you know, there could be a military coup, there are al

show more of you. >> sandra: as he saw the top of the hour, south korean president moon jae-in's meeting the president right now. if we are expecting a taped playback of that meeting that we are getting some notes as to what is being discussed in that room. in north korea, the president is making some news in there right now. he is refusing to say whether there are conditions for the north korean meeting. he has taken many, many questions on this. john roberts is in there and he is letting us know what is being said. the president said he would like the nuclear's and of the peninsula to be all in one. don't want to explore other ways but would like it to be all in one. he says he can guarantee kim's safety. he will be safe and happy. at the president says his country will be rich, he will be extremely happy if it works out. in the opening remarks by the south korean president, he started out by addressing something is happening here at home, give condolences for the texas school shooting, congratulated the president on getting the american detainees out of north korea and then he went on

his comments came after kim met south korean leader moon jae-in for the second time in a month.ks on the north korean side of the dmz and agreed to push ahead with commitments made at the first meeting. mr. trump: a lot of people are working on it. it is moving along very nicely, so we are looking at june 12 in singapore. it isasn't changed, and moving along pretty well. we will see what happens. france, china, and of course the united states are ok. people across the world, and we would like them to work together to push north korea to the right direction. in order for us to do that, we unity and tackle this problem north korea poses. one-time presidential candidate marco rubio said a potential bill to ban zte and other chinese telecoms from the u.s. would have widespread support in congress. he said most lawmakers understand the threat posed by china and a growing commitment to do something about it. rubio was responding to president trump's proposal to aftere remain in business paying a $1 billion fine. china's growth accelerated last month, snapping a slowing streak that wen

extraordinary show of friendship between north korean leader kim jong-un and south korean president moon jae-in. they met this weekend hours notice, their second summit in just the last month. president moon is the man in the middle, pushing both sides toward the summit. and to talk about all this, i'm joined by patricatmceachern, a department official focused on east asia who's currently on leave at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. thank you very much for bei here. >> pleasure to be here. last week a senior white house official said ju12s, i'm quoting him here, like in ten minutes, suesting it was impossible to get the logistics ready by june 12. is it ispossible at thoint to get those logistics ready? >> i don't think so. look, in your intro you noted how the north koreans and south koreans were able to set up a summit and execute it within 24 hours. it might take the united states a little bit long tore execute these sorts of things, but i don't think it's you be reoistic we should be able get it done by june 12. the real challenge won't be so much th logistics but the p

no one more than president moon jae-in of south korea. he put in a ton of work as middle man between the two sides as recently as a couple of days ago as he went to washington, d.c. to brief president trump saying the summit should happen. his national security adviser said it is 99.9% chance it will happen. here we are a canceled summit. no doubt here in south korea massive disappointment over the fact the summit is not going off. >> big surprise to seoul as pyongyang. matt rivers, thank you. >>> president trump's decision to cancel the north korea summit sparked a selloff on dow street. it dropped 280 points. the nasdaq and s&p fell 1%. volatility spiked. the fear gauge jumped 8%. global stocks opened lower. rebounded after north korea said it was willing to resolve issues with the u.s. wall street has been trading on geo political headlines. president trump this week suggested that chinese president xi jinping was behind north korea's hostile wrrhetoric. the commerce department plans to review car imports hurts national security. >>> th

we have learned that moon jae-in met with kim jong-un at the demilitarized zone on saturday. seoul says it told washington about the meeting beforehand. let's bring in matt rivers with the view from seoul, south korea. good to see you, matt. now that president trump's summit with kim jong-un is apparently back on track for june 12th, we are learning that the u.s. delegation is in north korea to plan for that summit. what more do you know about this? >> reporter: we know there are two parallel u.s. teams operating in this part of the world. at the dmz right now, we know a u.s. delegation is being led by sung-kim. the current ambassador to the united states. he used to be the ambassador here in south korea. he is one. few in the state department you could call an expert on north korea. he was involved in the six-party talks that ended up failing with north korea in the mid 2000s. this guy knows how tricky it is to necessigotiate with the nort koreans and knows how to come up with a deal. he has led the delegation to the dmz to try to work out the agenda to the summit that could

let me introduce moon jae-in's policies. if somebody wants these documents, i will provide them later. thank you. give me 20 seconds more. water. thank you. there are three main parts in the south-north korean summit. first part is comprehensive and germanic improvement and development of our relationship with south and north korea. there are six detailed agreements. second part is the reduction of military tension and the removal of majors. we have to pay notice on north korea upon -- north korea's subtly changing arguments or the announcement. they are saying they will abandon their nuclear facilities, but now, they change the deal, terminology is a little different. this is important. it means north korea may take -- tactics when he met president trump. -- sorry, i am getting out of my mind. we carefully watch over the vocabularies and why they change. is it a mistake or not? i don't think it's a mistake. it shows their kind of tactics. it's the one thing i pay attention to. third one is the establishment of a perpetual pe

this came after south korean president moon jae-in held a surprise meeting on saturday with kim in a bid to keep the summit on track. u.s. traded oil has extended losses to around $66 a barrel after saudi arabia and russia proposed easing output curbs after eliminating an inventory surplus. futures in new york fell as much as 3.1% after dropping the most in almost 11 months in the previous session. interested in an overheated market. there are many factors affecting that now. juliette: the u.k.'s foreign secretary has repeated his call for britain to make a clean break from the european union when it leaves the block. boris johnson warned the prime minister that the country won't be able to take full advantage of the split unless it does. writing in the telegraph, he set out why theresa may must resist growing calls for the u.k. to remain in the trading regime. global news, 24 hours a day, on-air and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . here in asia, we are seeing a

president moon jae in had been taken completely by surprise by president trump's letter, calling off the singapore summit. he actually used the word "embarrassed." in the hours after that, he called an emergency meeting from which he emerged and said that he believed that direct talks with north korea were the only way forward. and that south korea was going to make every effort to continue to do so. let's bring in the messaging we've had from china over the last several days. also saying that china wants to harness the momentum that's been established. the diplomatic momentum that's been established, over the past several weeks in talking directly with north korea. so what we have now is kim jong un having successfully co-opted two regional players. and they have different outlook on what it is that they want from north korea. certainly they want denuclearization. they want the level of tension to be ratcheted down. but they're also primarily looking for economic projects and economic partnerships and they're willing to have denuclearization happen in a more phased approach. presiden

what happens could have a lot to do with south korean president moon jae-in. moon agreed to a last-minute meeting with kim jong-un that happened on saturday. in fact, in a televised address moon says the north has renewed its intention for complete denuclearization. great to have all of you with us. ambassador hill, if i may begin with you. what's the job of the u.s. officials who are now inside north korea and those who are also headed to singapore? explain to us the difference between those two teams right now. >> first of all, both teams are involved in preparing for the summit, but the team going to singapore is preparing for the logistics of the summit and the team going to pyongyang led by ambassador song kim is there to talk to the north koreans and see what's substantly is going to come out of this summit. if they have said these things to the south koreans, they should see them to the u.s. delegation, and perhaps even they could get something in wright and have a clear understanding before the summit beginsp, whether the summit will be successful. i wo

. >> president trump met with south korean president moon jae-in in the oval office. took reporters questions on the proposed upcoming summit between president trump and the north korean leader. the president also talked about relations with china. this is 30 minutes. pres. trump: thank you very much. it is a great pleasure to have the south korean president here. we have no known each other for quite some time. we are working on many things. obviously, north korea is the big one, no matter how big trade is. north korea, in this case is the big one. we will be discussing that. we will also be discussing trade, we have a very big trade arrangement that we are negotiating right now with south korea. there have been excellent

by their now, confused allies spirit south korean president moon jae-in says he's perplexed at donald trump's decision to cancel an upcoming summit with kim jong-un. north korea says it is going to talk to the u.s. at any time following trump's letter in which t claimed that cancellation on "open hostility." the door has not been slammed to shut, but it is no longer wide-open either. his summit with kim jong-un, donald trump left the world wondering. move?s the next chess a question on the forefront of mines in pyongyang and uel.ington and in so moon jae-in was not consulted before trump stepped out. one that willk, test the peacemaking and go-between roles. >> the parties are still hoping to solve the problem to talks. our government will continue with our diplomatic efforts and maintain the momentum of dialogue. >> conciliatory language that was also used by the conflict's other main players. trump said to mr. kim, don't hesitate to call, leading to some to believe that the u.s. may be buying time to prepare. north korea said it is willing to give washington more time. for some anal

. >>> and president trump meets with south korean president moon jae-in at the white house today. some are growing skeptical over the meeting with kim jong-un taking place after rhetoric from north koreans. vice president pence warned north korea could like libya if it fails to make a nuclear deal. >> this will only end like the libya model ended if kim jong-un doesn't make a deal. >> some people saw that as a threat. >> i think it is more of a fact. >> libya, abandoned nuclear weapons in the 2000s. moammar gadhafi was overthrown by washington-backed rebels and was killed. ivan watson has the latest for us. good morning, ivan. >> reporter: good morning, dave. vice president pence went on to say in the interview the military option for north korea has never been taken off the table. it is remarkable how much of a change we have seen from the positive diplomatic messages coming out of washington and pyongyang in recent months to suddenly seeing threats. thinly veiled threats. it is a sign of how rapidly the mood has changed. president trump will sit down face-to-face in the white ho

. >> reporter: south korean president moon jae-in said sunday kim committed. but some lawmakers including some of the president's allies remains skeptical. >> my suspicion remains he's going to try to gets a much release of sanctions as possible without giving up any nuclear weapons and i believe there's going to be a lot of twists and turns along the way. >> reporter: they make promises if north korea fully denuclearizes, but michael hayden says there's not enough time for the president to prepare. >> i think kim jong-un knows inside and out. i don't know that the president has done the kind of homework that would allow him to do this. >> reporter: while u.s. diplomats continue their talks with the north, kim jong-un and moon jae-in have agreed to meet again on june 1st, and generals from both sides will also meet separately to discuss easing military tensions. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >>> the u.s. border is changing its story leading up to the death of a young guatemalan girl was shot and killed last week. she was shot last wednesday in texas.

it came as trump met his south korean counterpart moon jae-in in washington. also coming up, britain falls silent on the anniversary of a deadly attack. a year ago today, a suicide bomber killed 22 people and injured scores more at a concert in the city of manchester. ♪ brent:t: i'm brbrent goff. it's good to have you with us. tonight, european union lawmakers are demanding better data protection and better privacy from facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg. zuckerberg faced questioning at the european parliament in brussels today in the wake of a massive data scandal that has hit the company. but a complex process meant that zuckerberg escaped a growing, even know -- escaped a grilling, even though he -- reporter: inside the parliament, not so much. the hearing of the facebook ceo was supposed to take place behind closed doors. so that gave some the impression that the privacy of mr. zuckerberg was more important than the privacy of facebook users. some eu parliamentarians fought back and managed to have the hearing that take place in this room live streamed. so eve

south korean president moon jae-in says he's perplexed by the president's decision. major garrett has our report. >> i believe that this is a tremendous setback for north korea and indeed a setback for the world. >> reporter: after cancel the meeting the president spoke on north korea giving up its military weapons. >> our military which is by far the most powerful than anywhere in the world and has been greatly enhanced recently as you all know is ready if necessary. >> but mr. trump did not rule out future talks. >> it's possible that the existing summit could take place or a summit at some later date. nobody should be anxious. we have to get it right. >> the president wrote in a letter dictated to kim jong-un, the north's, quote, tremendous angle and hostility scuttled the summit, a reference to north korea's statement calling vice president mike pence a political dummy and warning of nuclear conflict. the president added, you talk about nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that i pray to god they will never have to be used. mr. trump did end

moon jae-in is pronorth korean, he surrounded himself with people who actually want north korea to takeover the south so i get a bit nervous when i see both kim and moon in the same place because there you have a north korean and -- much too cozy. >> what does president trump do to make sure we are not too cozy and the united states gets a good deal? democrats like nancy pelosi, the president sent this letter, it was all -- tickly with kim jong un, all of the overdone rhetoric and they said he's blown the summit and here we are, actually kim jong un seemed to be on bended knee, he desperately wants to meet with president trump and maybe president trump played it just right? >> fascinating, thursday in the morning, president trump withdrawsdraws from the summit, almost immediately within an hour or so, you have the north koreans issue a string of messages, saying that they would be willing to go for the trump factor quote, unquote. this is an important thing. we have now found the key to dealing with the north koreans and -- >> that's basically the threat of force and also the sanctions

he made the remarks alongside his south korean counterpart moon jae—in, who was visiting the white housey to get plans for the meeting back on track. barbara plett—usher reports. this meeting was meant to plan the agenda for the summit, but the focus was more on how to save it. the white house got cold feet after the dramatic change in tone from north korea and donald trump said the unprecedented event could be delayed. i don't want to waste a lot of time, and i don't think he wants to, so there is a substantial chance it won't work, but it doesn't mean it won't work out over a period of time. but it might not work out forjune 12, but there's a good chance we will have the meeting. it had seemed like a virtual lock, the date, june 12, the location, singapore, the agenda? that is the tricky part. america wants north korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons and kim jong—un had talked about denuclearisation while laying on the charm until last week when they lost patience with us demands and threatened to cancel the summit. mr trump suspects that the chinese president had a hand in the about—

these two men and it's speculation if the summit does happen on june 12th, it's quite likely that moon jae-inl be in the same room as kim jong-un and president trump. the central issue here is trust. how is it that these two sides get beyond decades of animosity? what isn't clear is whether north korea is even willing to talk about complete denuclearization let alone agree to any version of it. katy, one thing we've learned in the past couple of weeks all of this head spinning is that north korea is very sensitive to the idea that they're coming to this from the position of weakness. that they're doing it because they need american aid. or that kim jong-un is just going to willingly give up an arsenal that is his lifeline. so these teams that are working at the dmz just 35 miles from here in meeting with north korean officials, it's a tough job. they have to try to come up with an agenda for a summit that's supposed to produce an agreeable framework and do it in a matter of days. >> let me ask you a question. if moon jay je-in wants to be there, wouldn't president xi of china also want in as

there was a meeting between the north korean leader, kim jong-un, and his south korean counterpart, moon jae-in. the two of them discussed their opinions about the still possible summit with kim jong-un and president trump in singapore set for june 12th. we are still waiting to find out more exactly about what they discussed but there really was a shift in tone from the united states within just 48 hours from wednesday, when you had president trump putting out this open letter pulling the united states out of a summit with kim jong-un, to just yesterday when he said that it was still a possibility and that there were encouraging signs coming from the north koreans. tensions ramped up pretty quickly before the president put out the letter with the north koreans skipping out on a planned meeting with american officials set to determine logistics about the meeting between the two leaders. suddenly the president seems to have heard some sort of promising indications coming from the north koreans. we're still working to get clarity on specifically what he heard. but this meeting between the north an

next month, kim jong—un went to the south for the first time and met with south korean president moon jae—innd met with south korean president moonjae—in. but on thursday president trump unexpectedly cancelled that planned summit with north korea, blaming that country's "tremendous anger and open hostility". that announcement seems to prompt a more conciliatory tone from pyongyang, and president trump suggested things might be back on again. we will see what happens, it could even be the 12th. we are talking to them now, they very much wa nt to talking to them now, they very much want to do it, we would like to do it. we are going to see what happens. the white house says it is 110w happens. the white house says it is now sending 18 singapore to get ready for the loss of all summit. at the heart of this on—again off—again drama, one key issue. the us insistence that north korea must commit to total denuclearisation of the peninsula, and getting agreement on that point might be even harder than fixing this meeting. naoko aoki is a research associate at the centre for international and securit

the next month, kimjong—un held talks for the first time with south korean president moon jae—in. e was pulling out of the planned talks in singapore. and today, the north and south korean presidents met for a second time a little earlier, i spoke to bruce klingner who previously worked as the cia's deputy division chief for korea. there was some very insulting and threatening language in the four different statements by north korea, although usually within the norm of their behaviour. more importantly was a statement by the first vice foreign minister when he very clearly articulated what is really been long—standing north korean conditions for any kind of constraints on its nuclear weapons programme, and also a very different view of their terms for denuclearization from what the white house understanding was. the white house was quite surprised and was one of the factors for canceling the summit and now suggesting we are back on the summit. what does it tell you about the real understanding or lack up what does it tell you about the real understanding or lack of between the unit

that is moon jae-in's goal.oon has been trying to amend the south korean constitution more consistent with north korea. taking out whole notion of liberal democracy out of the south korean constitution. he has been stopped by conservatives in south korea. nonetheless this is a battle that will continue. moon has advisors around him in their youth were openly pro-north korean. they wanted north korea to take over the south. many of them have not disavowed their earlier views. melissa: even though everybody is starving in the north? >> doesn't matter. if you believe that equality is more important than for instance, prosperity, if you believe in marxism, if you believe in -- the north korean sort of guiding ideology, then this stuff doesn't matter. melissa: and they don't care that kim jong-un himself has the haircut and clothes and train and the feast, all this stuff and isn't really living by whatever the communist belief system they say they're all about do, doesn't apply to him, that doesn't matter? >> it does

as we await the arrival of south korean president moon jae-in at the white house, the two leaders expected to discuss how to keep the korean peninsula on track toward complete denuclearization. this as a small group of journalists arrived in north korea to cover the dismantling of the country's nuclear test site. notably excluded were any south korean reporters. the change in tone began last week where north korea scrapped talks with south korea before threatening to cancel next month's summit meeting in singapore. vice president pence says president trump is considering all options. >> truthfully the clinton administration and the bush administration got played in the past. we offered concessions to the north korean regime in exchange for promises to end their nuclear weapons program only to see them break those promises and abandon them. it would be a great mistake for kim jong-un to think he could play donald trump. >> clearly the president is still willing to walk away. >> there is no question. >> melissa: four star general jack keane and fox news senior strategic analyst. thank you fo

not have time to notify congressional leaders or foreign allies including south korean president moon jae-in. who had just been in washington. nbc reports secretary of state mike pompeo has privately blamed national security advisor john bolton for torpedoing the talks. north korea first threatened to pull out of the talks after bolton said the u.s. should use the libyan model for denuclearization. in 2003, libya negotiated sanctions relief from the united states in exchange for renouncing its nuclear program and welcoming international inspectors to verify the dismantlement. eight years later, the u.s. and other nations attacked libya, toppling and killing libyan leader muammar gaddafi. vice president mike pence and president trump have also talked about the libyan model in recent weeks. on thursday, president trump warned the u.s. military is ready to act if north korea should take any foolish acts. pres. trump: i've spoken to general mattis and the joint chiefs of staff, and our military -- which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world, that has been greatly enhanced recently, a

so, south korean president moon jae-in met with kim on saturday in a surprise summit on the north korean side of the dmz. his second face to face with his counterpart and their first meeting on the northern side. after the meeting moon said that north korea remains committed to a summit with the u.s. in addition to, quote, complete denuclearization. let's talk a little about this and go live to seoul, south korea, with nbc news correspondent janice mackie frayer. good morning, janice. a lot going on and a lot of confusion to say the least. where do we currently stand on the trump/kim summit and what is happening, and what is the view from south korea on all this? >> reporter: well, it is tough to keep up and there is a sense of urgency around these working level meetings that are happening because there is still so much uncertainty on whether this can come together in such a short period of time. just two weeks. importantly are those talks that are happening at the dmz between u.s. officials and north korean officials because they are working on the agenda. it's being led for the u.s. by

north korea state media reports this morning that kim jong-un and moon jae-in agreed to meet again frequently and soon, perhaps as early as june 1st. they also apparently discussed trust in the united states. moon is expected to reveal more of what was said later today. jose? >> janis mackey frayer in seoul, thank you. >>> less than three weeks since those three were released by north korea, the white house is hailing the release of another american tonight. this time by the regime in venezuela. white house correspondent kelly o'donnell has that story. >> reporter: a rush to >>> a home coming bear hug from his father. hours after his negotiated release from venezuela. a police escort with lights and sirens whisked the holts off to an airfield. a rush to freedom today as an airfield in venezuela. a riot erupted there two weeks ago, and holt begged for help on cell phone video. >> they're trying to break in. they're saying they want to kill me. >> reporter: the 26-year-old utah man went to venezuela in 2016 to get married. he and his wife were accused of stockpiling weapons at her family home.

. >> reporter: south korean president moon jae-in said sunday that kim committed to complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula during their surprise meeting in the d.m.z. on saturday. but some lawmakers, including some of the president's allies, remain skeptical. >> my suspicion remains that he is going to try to get as much sanctions relief as possible without having to give up his weapons. and i think it's going to be a lot of twists and turns along the way to try to get there, if it's even possible. >> reporter: u.s. officials have dangled the possibility of making economic concessions to the north if the regime fully denuclearizes. but former c.i.a. director michael hayden worries there's not enough time for the president to prepare. >> kim jong-un knows his program inside and out. i think he knows what he can concede and what it means, and what he cannot concede. i don't know that the president has done the kind of homework that would allow him to do this. >> reporter: while u.s. diplomats continue their talks with the north, kim jong-un and president moon jae-in have agreed to me

president trump moon jae-in and north korean leader kim jong-un met again in the demilitarized zone dividing their two countries. and they didn't tell anyone about it beforehand. it was a surprise. cnn's paula hancocks is in seoul. paula, this is a time when the chances of a summit between kim jong-un and president trump are unsettled, to put it mildly. what do we know about what these two very powerful men talked about today? >> reporter: well, ryan, we've actually heard from north korea through the state-run media, kcna. they have said it was an historic meeting, the fourth summit between the north and south korean leaders in history. but two within one month, that's unprecedented, between these two leaders. now, they did mention about the north korean/u.s. summit, satisfyisaying it was discussed, saying that the two leaders both shared the view that the two sides should trust. so pushing forward towards this potential summit as well, a clear message from kim jong-un, the north korean leader. and what we're expecting from the south korean president within the hour, moon jae-in, is a simila

and i watch other leaders like moon jae-in. exploiting the amateur hour in the white house. i see how they're exploiting the narcissism, the egotism, the arrogance in the white house. and i understand they're not exploiting it to the credit of the united states. they're exploiting it to the credit of their own countries. and it worries me because what it's turning out to be is the u.s. isolated, the u.s. increasingly alone, and the u.s. having to stand up for itself making america great again, if you will, in the sense that we're really making america weak again and divorcing ourselves from all the things post world war ii, policies, both security and foreign, that made us strong in the first place. >> trita, netanyahu's presentation today centered on the basic idea, it went like third-quarter the iranian regime has been deceptive and lied about the intents of their nuclear program in the past-b what they were doing with it, they've always maintained it was purely peaceful, there's evidence that's not the case and ergo, because

you know, less than 48 hours ago in this meeting in front of cameras with south korean president moon jae-in that the president guaranteed kim jong-un's safety, his safety leading the regime if indeed a deal were struck. overnight this statement from north korea which reads in part we can also make the u.s. taste an appalling tragedy it has never experienced nor imagined up until now. and kaitlan collins reporting rhetoric like that was the last straw for the white house. the president decided this morning to cancel the summit. let's go to ivan watson live in seoul, south korea. this is less than 48 hours after you had president moon jae-in of south korea at the white house, trying to work with president trump on all of this, making it happen. >> yeah. and we're still trying to get some comment from the south korean government, some reaction to this. i would interpret this as a bit of a devastating blow to the south korean president moon jae-in who had his own summit with kim jong-un at the end of last month in which he described it as basically a stepping stone to the anticipated, much anti

president trump meets with south korean president moon jae-in at the white house tomorrow. the visit comes ahead of the president's plan summit next month with north korean leader kim jong-un in singapore and after threats from pyongyang to call the whole thing off. north korea canceled planned talks with the south as discussions over its nuclear arsenal potentially unraveled. moon jae-in met in april with kim and helped arrange the summit. he is expected to advise mr. trump on the encounter. an inquiry began today until last year's deadly tower fire in london. friends and relatives of the victims will give statements over the next two weeks. the inquirer began with 72 seconds of silence to honor those who were killed in the tower last june. 70 others were injured. russian president vladimir putin says his country and india have been expanding their trade relationship. president clinton spoke alongside the indian prime minister -- putin spoke alongside the indian minister. he said the trade between the two nations have increased by 17%. global news, 24 hours a day, on air an

this high stakes meeting starts on thursday. >>> cnn has learned south korean president moon jae-in convinced jong-un to hold his upcoming meeting with president trump in the demilitarized zone. moon and kim met in the dmz as you remember just last week and now president trump says he is leaning towards that himself. >> there's something that i like about it because you're there. you're actually there. where if things work out there's a great celebration to be had on the site not in a third party country. >> and our sources say that is the main attraction for the president. a diplomatic drama and potential breakthrough like the one last week televised right here around the world. for the latest, let's check with alexander field live for us in seoul. alex, good morning. what's the reaction there? >> look, it would be another historical moment made for tv, dave. what we're hearing from the blue house here in south korea is that there would be no place more symbolic to meet than the dmz. that certainly sounds very much in line with what president trump was saying from the white house. we know th

shouldn't we be ascribing the success to really a historic presidency by moon jae-in. ts the nobel prize but moon jae-in has to be the most significant leader of south korea that we have seen at least in my lifetime. >> absolutely. i completely agree with christine. this is very difficult especially for us here in washington. a lot of my democratic colleagues are very skeptical of this summit, are trying to get to the right of donald trump on this, but we have to take our feelings about donald trump and put them a little bit aside and in some ways as christy is pointing out he is the least important figure in this drama that's unfolding. things are in motion on the korean peninsula that are extremely important, it's time to be cautiously optimistic and supportive of this summit. some historic things can indeed happen. >> indeed. i think if this works out, i would be shocked if president moon jae-in did not wind up with the nobel peace prize. it is very historic indeed. joe and christine, thank you very much. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, the white house's new de