mr. pompeo and, on, all of us who have worked towards the meeting and its outcome. >> i want to push you on the statement by president trump. let me read you a tweet that he made as he landed after the summit. just landed a long trip, but everyone can now feel safer than the day i took office. there's no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. meeting with kim jong-un was an interesting and very positive experience. north korea has great potential for the future. of course, we do remember that he said it has great potential in terms of real estate. i want you to tell me, north korea is no longer a nuclear threat, is that what you believe? >> i think the fact is that they still have the nuclear capability. but i think what he is saying is that we have made a huge step forward, huge strides towards eliminating that threat. yes, we are well opn our way. the hard work of actually eliminating that lies before us. >> foreign minister, isn't that the point? it wasn't so long ago that kim jong-un and donald trump were trading massive insults, also trading insults and threats between north and

mr. pompeo: since june 12 now, a week and a day, we made significant progress. importantly, not only are allies must directly affected by the japanese, chinese, broader circle. i talked to the brits, australians, talked with other europeans, each of them understands that we have fundamentally set a course that has the opportunity to change humanity. and they are all on board. they are all working, supportive of our theory of continuing the sanctions until we're complete. and so we have got a unified world to join chairman kim. i was there. i was there when he said it. he made a personal commitment. he has his reputation on the line. same way we do.

with mr pompeo, so i did not need additional assurance today.is, a premise that we work together. it has been clear and confirmed since meeting with secretary pompeo, the first meeting with him in a month, right after he assumed the position. so there is no doubt about it between the us and japan. you are watching a press conference in seoul between the united states, south korea, and japan. the foreign ministers and the secretary of state of those countries speaking more about that summit between donald trump and kim jong—un. secretary of state mike pompeo just took a question. he was asked about the sequencing of denuclearisation. he gave quite a short answer to that, saying we have been clear on the sequencing. it was answering that question in relation to someone saying that donald trump had said that people can sleep well tonight, but, of course, north korea still has their nuclear weapons. he really did not address that point. but he did say we are going to get denuclearisation. that is the aim of the countries there. we bring in our corre

mr. pompeo. mr. pompeo: thank you very much. i look forward to our conversation. distinguished members of i appreciate the opportunity to talk about the president's budget. is list you showed there long and i'm sure you could add a couple others and you could add more as well. how much ito know appreciate the fact you have operated in a bipartisan manner. i talked to many of you on the phone, had production -- productive conversations, and no i am always available to understand your priorities in the way you are thinking about the world is helpful to me. it is something i value extraordinarily. short with your statements and i will be the same. reflects a budget managed to -- an effort to manage dollars wisely. onmet substantial progress next year's budget. i look forward to our teams working together to achieve america's objectives. i have submitted my written statement and i'm happy to close their and to questions. sen. leahy: we will do the six minute rounds and get on with it. let's start with afghanistan. you know general miller? sec. pompeo: i do know genera

mr. pompeo. mr. trump, meanwhile, is thinking of other photo ups with mr.im.i if you invite him to the united states, woube at the white house or mar-a-lago? pres. trump: maybe we will start with the white house. spne: mr. abe hasn't t time -- has spent time building a relationship with mr. trump, but as other leaders have discovered, iendship does not always come with benefits. mr. abe might be rht to worry. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington. rajini: a brief time ago i discussed the meeting with mary jordan, a corresndent for "the washington post" who was previously based in tokyo. mary g jordad to have you with us. we have seen the japanese prime minister in washington today. how important is it we approach the summit in singapore for president trump to make sure he has all the regional allies s on he? mary: i think it is just as t important japanese, and i think that abe came here with high, high hopes he is not forgotten by donald trump. afr all, donald trump is the america first president. even though he is making noises and rehing out to abe, who he has

mr. pompeo can bexie. keep using the terms complete verifiable, non-reversible, denuclearization. that will not be the near-term accomplishment. the question is, are we prepared to get down to work? canh specific concessions we offer along the way? the process has to begin with a verifiable database on north korean production sites for nuclear terial and long-range missiles. we have to have inspectors verify that the north koreans have what they say they have. -- the database on what is there now. host: are those inspectors ready to go? we don't know who they would be. there are moniting for the korean peninsula, but they have not been involved in the bottom inspections. the inrnational atomic energy agency that used to verify -- we don't even know if that would be the group that would be given access. it might be a different group. host: president trump and leader can meeting for the first time. the rest of the two teams at the table, how many knew each other from previous negotiations? aret: these relationships building in 20. john bolton had previous contact with north korea 15

kim has met with china's president xi, south korea's president moon, and mr pompeo. ile, is already thinking of other photo ops with mr kim. reporter: sir, if you do invite him to the united states, would it be here at the white house, or at mar—a—lago? maybe we'll start with the white house. what do you think? mr abe has invested a lot of time building a personal relationship with mr trump. but, as other leaders of us allies have discovered to their cost, friendship does not always come up with benefits. and, with mr trump so keen for his own success, mr abe might be right to worry. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington our north america correspondent peter bowes is covering the story for us. how is it looking to you? well, it is looking to me like we are getting different levels of expectations for this summit next week from donald trump and from his secretary of state. we just heard trump and from his secretary of state. wejust heard donald trump and from his secretary of state. we just heard donald trump perhaps playing down expectations a little bit, saying that he

kim has met with china's president xi, south korea's president moon and mr pompeo. already thinking of other photo ops with mr kim. reporter: sir, if you do invite him to the united states, will it be here at the whote house or mar—a—lago? maybe we'll start with the white house, what do you think? mr abe has invested a lot of time building a personal relationship with mr trump but, as other leaders of us allies have discovered to their cost, friendship does not always come up with benefits. and with mr trump so keen for his own success, mr abe might be right to worry. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington well, that trump—abe meeting was a precursor to both leaders heading to canada for the g7 summit, the gathering which brings together the heads of the world's biggest economies. but it's a meeting that won't be without a few awkward moments. the main reason for disagreement, those tariffs imposed by the trump administration on aluminium and steel imports from g7 allies, including france and canada. the prime minister of the g7 host nation, justin trudeau, is not happy

mr pompeo insists japan, south korea and china still support sanctions.f korea, and japan, remain committed to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearisation of north korea. each of those three countries also has acknowledged the importance of the work of president trump has undertaken and the commitments that chairman kim has made toward that very end. to achieve that denuclearization. the americans say they want major progress on denuclearisation by the end of 2020. but they know they need regional support for their approach, hence mr pompeo's post summit tour. here's more analaysis from celia hatton. look at what's on paper, what came out of that summit, it is quite flimsy and that's really where secretary pompeo comes into play. he's the one travelling the region now, he's trying to give reassurances and i think we need a lot of people are going to be looking to the us administration now but also to pyongyang to say what's next. because what is on paper really wasn't very impressive. the biggest policy shift at the summit was the us sayin

mr. pompeo saying the talks are moving quite rapidly and the u.s. wants to make sure to " verify" any dismantlement of north korea's nuclear weapons let's take a listen. >> the united states has been fooled before. there's no doubt about it many presidents previously have signed off on pieces of paper only to find that the north koreans either didn't promise what we thought they had or actually renigged on their promises. it matters. the v matters. we are going to ensure that we setup a system sciently robust that we're able to verify these outcomes and is only once the v happens that we'll proceed. that's what's been missed before we can go back to reagan trust but verify. liz: let's bring in the author of the capitalist code economist ben stein. ben, pompeo singling out verification. is that doable? ben: i don't know if it's doable i don't know if any of this is doable. the whole thing is like something from a fantasy novel. what it reminds me of most of all is nixon going to china. they used to say only nixon was great anti-communist credentials

mr. pompeo and his team and the counterparts on the north korean side. >> this is not the first time the north koreans have agreed to denuclearization. what needs to be different to ensure it actually begins to happen? if you go back and look at 2000, 2005, 22, there have been a whole series of commitments that have pushed in this direction. what has to be different? we will see. it is going to come down to political will. north korea has advanced so far in developing its capabilities both on the missile and nuclear side. they have more to concede at this point. there is more room for give. whether or not ty are going to be -- whether or not they are going to summon the will to go all the way to denuclearization is the question. the challenge for the negotiators is the going to be to try to develop a plan where the two sides are making meaningful steps towards a monitoring and verification regime where the north koreans are becoming more transparent. telling the u.s. where their key facilities are located. letting monitors come in and see them. basically showing more and more of their ca

saying that i am an independent country or an independent european union if i have to submit to what mr pompeo says the hardest sanction in history. decided by him if if we don't give a collective thing. on sudan or whatever or ukraine because of the behavior of russia ukraine and its collective. and there isn't a political agreement that this is the right policy that's one thing but if ses move along good agreement then we should be able to say look we don't agree taking a back to the issue of terrorists when trump extended this latest exemption and we're speaking just on the eve of him deciding whether or not tariffs are going to be applied to the european companies once this latest exemption was granted the european commission issued a whole statement that they will not negotiate under threat but just this week the news came that the german finance minister is going to meet with the european commission trade representative and damn america to discuss this tariff specifically and what i want to ask you is whether you believe in principle it's a good idea for the europeans to ask for individu

deliberate effort to try to stop the summit from taking place and i don't think that's what mr trump and mr pompeo wanted they wanted to go ahead with this and the south korean defense ministry says this move the suspension of the drills is meant to create favorable conditions for north korea's disarmament do you believe that this will help. of course it will help look a look at some of the drills we were running. the last few months leading up to the summit they even called them decapitation drills were going to kill the opposition the leadership of the other countries how is that not provocative of course is a step forward to. hold back on these these these exercises let's see what progress is made on the other side there has to be a step by step dog walk of we do this they do this we do this they do that too we get this some kind of manageable situation the angle of course is the four nuclear disarmament of north korea that's what was discussed at the summit but there was no timeline really there given do you think there is a chance of that happening. i think i think it will happen if they can

mr pompeo insisted president trump had been correct when he declared that north korea no longer posedhreat, he said the risk had indeed been reduced. armed groups in eastern libya have defied calls by the united states and several european countries to return oilfields under their control to the internationally recognised state oilfirm. the us and its allies warn any attempts to illegally export oil or petroleum products would be a breach of un sanctions. troops have been sent to help tackle the fires near saddleworth moor in the north of england. about 100 soldiers and an raf chinook helicopter have been deployed. the blaze covers more than six kilometres of moorland around greater manchester and has led to the evacuation of 100 homes. more than 200 migrants on a rescue boat have been taken in by malta following an informal eu agreement to share out those on board the ship. seven countries from western and southern europe will each take in some of the migrants. the agreement comes on the eve of a two day eu summit in which profound divisions over migration will be discussed. 0ur corr

of agreement which is very similar one with thing to the one we just trashed with iran of course mr pompeo is the lead voice on that so it is a little odd that we seem to have two very different standards about what a verifiable agreement on nuclear weapons would look like all right certainly at odds indeed it's sometimes interesting to figure out who's trying to figure out what here in this big puzzle of ours jim johnson former u.s. diplomat you're the one who helps us get this puzzle in order thanks for being with us here on our to international. thank you. all right three economists who worked with the french president on his election campaign last year are expressing their concern over what they see as increasingly right wing policies. the government has acquired an image of an administration that is indifferent to social issues a growing number of french people including some of the most fervent supporters and twenty seventeen are disillusioned and many of those who supported the candidate are expressing the fear of a reorientation to the right well one of the biggest criticisms we he

mr pompeo insisted president trump had been correct when he declared that north korea no longer posedt. he said the risk had indeed been reduced. more than 50 firefighters have been working through the night to tackle multiple moorland fires to the east of manchester. the ministry of defence says around one hundred soldiers and an raf chinook helicopter are being sent to help efforts to extinguish the flames. dozens of homes have been evacuated and schools closed because of the smoke from the fires. let's turn to our top business story. president trump has said he supports tougher restrictions on foreign investment amid growing concerns that china is buying up sensitive us technology. markets have been rattled this week by fears that trade tensions could escalate from tariffs on goods to curbs on international investment. the us will now strengthen its committee on foreign investment, but has stopped short of laws targeting china specifically. priya lakhani is founder and ceo of century tech. she's a regular on the briefing. it was her rustling the papers earlier. i managed to push th

saying that i am an independent country or an independent european union if i have to submit to what mr pompeo says the hardest sanction in history decided by him if if we don't give a collective sanctions on sudan or whatever or ukraine because of the behavior of russia ukraine and its collective and there isn't a political agreement that this is the right parties that's one thing. but if ses will long good agreement then we should be able to say look we don't agree taking a back to the issue of terrorists when trump extended this latest exemption and we're speaking just on the eve of him deciding whether or not tariffs are going to be applied to the european companies once this latest exemption was granted the european commission issued a whole statement that they will not negotiate under threat but just this week the news came that the german finance minister is going to meet with the european commission trade representative and the americans to discuss this tariff specifically and what i want to ask you is whether you believe in principle it's a good idea for the europeans to ask for indiv

mr. pompeo was asked if the summit would go ahead on that date, and he said he didn't know, but he indicated they are closer to that kind of goal. he said there had been real progress in the last 72 hours to create the conditions for a successful summit, and he defined that by saying that would be the ability of kim jong-un and donald trump to actually achieve something if they sat down together. he didn't say what sort of compromises or agreements are on the agenda they are working on, which the americans want to focus on, the total nuclear disarmament of north korea. he said that both sides had very clearly set forward their expectations and positions. jane: what about this letter, barbara, we are expecting to be delivered to the white house tomorrow? do we know what is in it? barbara: yes, the exchange of letters -- jane, you remember last week when donald trump canceled the summit, he did so by letter which he made public to kim jong-un, saying it was inappropriate to hold a hostile -- to hold the summit because of the hostile and angry statements from north korea. but he said "if you ha

mr. pompeo: since june 12 now, a week and a day, we made significant progress. importantly, not only are allies must directly affected by the japanese, chinese, roader circle. i talked to the brits, australians, talked with other europeans, each of them understands that we have fundamentally set a course that has the opportunity to change humanity. and they are all on board. they are all working, supportive of our theory of continuing the sanctions until we're complete. and so we have got a unified world to join chairman kim. i was there. i was there when he said it. he made a personal commitment. he has his reputation on the line. same way we do. that says we are going to create a brighter future for north korea and denuclearize just as quickly as we can achieve that. i'm working hard, mr. president. i am sure there will be bumps along the way. i'm confident that we can get the world to unite behind this incredibly important mission. president trump: you did a hell of a job, i tell you. he's been in a lot of -- he's logged a lot of hours in airplanes going over

mr. pompeo with us. you got to leave at 4:30. we got a hard stop. timell run the train on and have six-minute rounds. i will give a very short closing statement. i'm pleased you were chosen by the president. i think you are the right person at the right time. you understand the world for what it is, a complicated place. being a former cia director, you understand the threat. you have the president's confidence. you have my confidence and i appreciate you and your family willing to do this. if you don't want to be an -- let's talk about account and then we will get into that questioning. senator leahy and i have been doing this for a while, but for if you don't-- want to be endless wars, you want to have more tools than dropping bombs, it is essential that our diplomats under your command serve safely. and to the public, i often talk about the military because they deserve it. but don't talk enough about the state department usaid members serving in very dangerous locations without the security footprint that we would like, but they take risks on beh

mr. pompeo: since june 12 now, a week and a day, we made significant progress. importantly, not only are allies must directly affected by the japanese, chinese, broader circle. i talked to the brits, australians, talked with other europeans, each of them understands that we have fundamentally set a course that has the opportunity to change humanity. and they are all on board. they are all working, supportive of our theory of continuing the sanctions until we're complete. and so we have got a unified world to join chairman kim. i was there. i was there when he said it. he made a personal commitment. he has his reputation on the line. same way we do. that says we are going to create a brighter future for north korea and denuclearize just as quickly as we can achieve that. i'm working hard, mr. president. i am sure there will be bumps along the way. i'm confident that we can get the world to unite behind this incredibly important mission. president trump: you did a hell of a job, i tell you. he's been in a lot of -- he's logged a lot of hours in airplanes going ove

mr. pompeo said the president would raise it. he would say that kind of behavior is unacceptable.ne of the reasons the president talks the way he does about that issue is he doesn't want anything out there that undercuts the significance, the political significance of his victory in 2016. and secondly, let's be fair, mr. mueller is still doing his investigation. we all spend a lot of time to anticipate and second-guess what he is going to come up with. i think i will wait and see what bob mueller has to say about all of that. >> secretary pompeo saying he's not trying to -- he's trying to are set the liberal world order, not dismantle it. it is interesting to see whether it will dismantle any trust. always good to have you. >> thank you. >>> "the capital gazette" is out this morning, despite the fact that five of its employees were shot dead in the deadliest attack since september 11th. a heartbreaking tribute we will show you on one of the pages. u d your social security number on any one of thousands of risky sites. that sounds super helpful. how much is it? well, if you have a

mr. pompeo and other officials coming to the united states have reviewed most of of the issues in my view. i don't have exact details. but the president is right to be cautious because we don't know how it will be declared, but we know what the subjects are going to be. ed: walid phares joining nuts wee hours on the east -- joining us in the wee hours of the east coast. we appreciate your analysis as always. secretary of state mike pompeo is laying the ground work for this historic summit. r state department correspondent rich edson has more. reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo has spent hours with north korean dictator kim jong-un. >> he indicated to me personally he is prepared to denuclearize. he understands that the current model doesn't work. reporter: before the senate confirmed him as secretary of state, mike pompeo led the trump administration's diplomacy toward north korea. through those conversations he says he believes kim jong-un understands both countries have to take bold steps to achieve an historic outcome. president trump is surrounded by diverse opinions on north ko

mr. pompeo and mr.olton we may need more than one meeting to be get to the verifiable denuclearization we're demanding. >> congressman, one. reasons he was successful because he saw through all the layers. i think back to the night, i was in for our friend lou dobbs, shortly after 7:00 p.m. we got word, live on the show, that not only had an invitation extended to the president of the united states to meet with kim jong-un, the president accepted it on the spot. now when you think of how different that is, right, from anything anyone else would have done. you have to check with your secretary of state, who has to check with everyone at the state department, who has to go through a whole bunch of research to make sure this is the right move. he said, yeah, sure, i will meet with him. that is the sense of understanding a situation at a high enough level but still maintaining some sense of instinct. >> that is the key word, instinct. the president has key instincts. how to keep democrats on capitol hill so

mr. pompeo it is all encompassed in the word complete that it gets it. e president and his team are now on the hook. mike pompeo in particular is on the hook for this disagreement both to deliver a completed deal to his boss and for his own political ambition in the fiduciary. fiduc future. >> joe, one other question before i let you go. homeland security discovered the new virus being used in the u.s. and the country, how should the u.s. respond to that? >> i know you talked about this, north korea is keeping their options open on this and it could be that this an operational that they started mont months ago before the summit. we should have a kdiscussion to have a cease-fire and only way to stop something like this is to get the other side to stand down and not do the attacking in the first place. >> we appreciate your time, thank you. thank you aaron. >> true or false after making several misleading statements on friday, do facts even matter to the president and his base? fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fish

mr pompeo stressed again that complete denuclearisation was the aim and until that happens sanctionscorner and we have begun a process away from the threat of warand a process away from the threat of war and towards these on the peninsula. each of those three countries to have acknowledged the importance of the work that president trump has undertaken and the commitment that kim jong—un has made towards library and to achieve the denuclearization. each of those three countries has also acknowledged it's important that the regime that is in place today remain in place until such time as that denuclearization is in fact complete. the us state of new york is taking president trump's charitable foundation to court for what it calls "persistent illegal conduct" — including supporting his election campaign. it's asked for the trump foundation to be dissolved , and for the president, his sons donald junior, and eric, and his daughter ivanka to be banned from holding roles with new york charities. the trump foundation has issued a statement denying the charges. president trump blamed what he

mr. pompeo as well. secretary of state has indicated that kim jong un knows what the united states means by denuclearize and has shown a willingness to do that which is the first step of progress to make something like this happen, make a deal like this happen, a deal which has been speculated to be a failure from the get-go by a lot of the media and president's opponents saying there's no real shot of making anything happened. jillian: you mentioned the g7 coverage, you mentioned onto bigger and better things now and that's, of course, what we are waiting, over the weekend president trump did speak about the upcoming summit with north korean dictator kim jong un and he did say he's very optimistic about this meeting. rob: yeah, absolutely. in singapore just -- >> but i really feel confident. i feel that kim jong un wants to do something great for his people and he has that opportunity and he won't have that opportunity again. it's never going to be there again. >> so, we will, of course, keep you update

mr. pompeo spoke and all of us will notice a difference from secretary tillerson. st, pompeo's performance with that of advisors cuddle low and navarro over the weekend. -- kudlow and navarro. it seems to be starkly different messages and tone, as well. kevin: the administration is arguing the trade talks are not going to be impacting the denuclearization summit. i was at the room across the island of the jw marriott where mike pompeo was set to address the reporters and global media. i can tell you that headlines crossing the terminal and he said there is no deal set without a complete denuclearization and they have a check and verify system in place should the north koreans agree to anything. secretary pompeo will be traveling asia after the summit to meet with u.s. allies to discuss the outcomes of this summit. tom: what will you look for in the next 24 hours? what is the agenda? kevin: president trump and kim jong-un will meet in that hotel right behind me tomorrow at about 9:00 a.m. asia time. 9:00 p.m. new york time. -- thatl be the most will be the most monum

mr. pompeo's discussion or gloss on those past attempts.een, with clinton there was an agreed framework. bush 43 had the multilateral talks, something called the leap day deal halted activity for food aid, but that basically failed. what is your view of that report, and does it in some way imply, put the meeting aside, that donald trump is not aberrant or different, trying to get something out of north korea. >> i don't think it's a bad why's to get something going on, but the leap day deal, the idea they would get inspectors back in there in return for food aid, we didn't even give north korea a peanut butter sandwichefore they broke the deal. we weren't fooled. we held back, but wimp not fooled by it. we didn't give them anything. the same frankly for the deal during president bush's time. we game increments of fuel oil, and when they stopped giving us at the -- we stop fuel. we never got in the process of having giving them stuff without getting something in return. >> ambassador baucus, thanks for your expertise tonight. >>> there's som

mr. pompeo leaving south korea for china. the secretary is briefing south korean, panese, and chinese officials on president trump's recent mting with north korean leader kim jong un. the second has said there will be no sanctionseay for north korea as long as it still possesses nuclear weapons. pompeo spoke during a press conference today. denuclearization of the korean peninsula will be a nrocess. it won't be easy one, and he expects that it will take some time. eun. >> all right, thank you. it's 6:06. we're following two developing stories out of hollywood this morning. both involve icons of the entertainment industry and both involve accusations ofabuse. >> police in los angeles are looking into claims of comic bookegend stan lee may have been the victim of elder abuse. the second case involves sylvester stallone and sexual abuse allegations there. we'll begin with stallone. these allegations first reported back in november. they reportedly date back to the early 1990s, though, and may be too old to be prosecuted. the los

mr. pompeo, the secretary of state, has been meeting with the north korean official and they no doubt set uncertain targets, certain immediate quick wins let us put it that that will be reached in singapore. it is not just going to be a get to know you meeting, it is a get to know you you plus meeting as president trump says. and i expect that there will be some concrete statements coming out of that in respect of arms control. >> how should do you think the u.s. approach denuclearization in this initial meeting? >> north koreans will not give up their nuclear weapons anytime in the near future, but president trump cannot admit that. so it will be aspirational. both parties will say we are working towards denuclearization, we are going to try to get rid of all nuclear weapons, but it won't be an immediate thing. they will have to be immediate objectives and i suspect some of those immediate objectives will include getting rid of those ballistic missiles that are capable of hitting the united states with nuclear weapons. that must be the main objective of the united states in these negotia

mr pompeo told reporters at the white house that the north korean leader had been clear about his intentionsnations are far from clear. the us wants north korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but there's been no public indication that denuclearisation is on the agenda with kim jong—un. this is the closest we've been to any senior figure suggesting it could be. he has indicated to me personally that he's prepared to denuclearise, that he understands the current model doesn't work, that he's prepared to denuclearise and two, that he understands we can't do it the way we've done it before, this has to be big and bold. but what does big and bold mean and do the us and north korea agree on what a definition of denuclearisation? yes. reporter: can you describe that a bit? no. earlier it was all smiles as donald trump met the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, for a last—minute head—to—head—on strategy. the president was upbeat. i think it's going to be a very fruitful meeting, an exciting meeting. i think we're going to get to know a lot of people that our country never got to know. a getting—t

mr. pompeo, who is involved. i don't think this will end up with a walkout. text, then there will be a follow-up, which i am sure he will trust mr. pompeo on. the president tweeted a few weeks ago -- uncharacteristically, there is not a word. you cannot see any content on the video. does this speaks to his base or is this a message to other world leaders? does this weekend him or make him stronger -- weaken him or make him stronger? i get the impression that this comes across to his base as him managing to do things the previous presidents failed to do. he always talked about this mess in north korea as something that have coded and dealt with 20, 5 years ago, criticizing his predecessor -- could have been dealt with 25, 20, five years ago. is net positive or negative, looking at other world leaders. they know north korea is using this for propaganda and don't see any grants mastery in what president trump is planning to do. but he is talking to long-standing u.s. allies. the unitedident of states is about to go to the podium. let's remind our viewers and lis

mr. secretary. sec. pompeo: good afternoon. i want to get an update advance of president trump summit with chairman kim jong un. as the president said on saturday, this is truly a mission of peace. this afternoon the president called prime minister abe of japan and president moon of south korea. earlier today our ambassadors on kim met to meet with north korean delegation. the talks continue this afternoon, even as we sit here now. they are in fact moving quite rapidly and we anticipate they will come to their logical conclusion even more quickly thane had anticipated. before discussing the summit time i want to address a report in "the new york times" that suggested the u.s. team lacks the expertise on the north korean weapons programs as part of this talk. i want to address that report directly. over three months an interagency working group with over 100 experts across the government has met multiple times per week to address technical and logistical issues associated with dismantling north korea's programs. that includes ex

mr. pompeo here with us. we have hard stop. we'll accommodate that. have six minute rounds. number one i'm pleased that you were chosen by the president. i think you're the right person at the right time. you understand the world for what is it, a complicated place, and being a former cia director you tuned threat. you have the president's confidence. you certainly have my confidence and i appreciate you and your family willing to do this, and we will not pay you by the mile because we can't afford that. let's talk about this account and we'll commonwealget into th questioning. foreign assistance is sometimes hard to fill domestically but if you don't want to be in endless wars you need more tools than dropping bombs as we have a robust foreign assistance account. it's imperative those under your command serve safely. i talk a lot about the military. i don't talk enough about state department members who serve in dangerous locations without the security footprint that we would like but they take risks on behalf of this nation every day and they are very much heroes and i thi

mr. secretary. secretary pompeo: thanks, sarah. reporter: sarah, are you going to take reporter questions after [inaudible]? secretary pompeo: yes, i'm going to take a couple reporter questions. [laughter] a couple. good afternoon. it's great to be joining you all here today. early in his presidency, president trump made a commitment to address the threat of north korea, which has been a threat to our nation for far too long. president trump has been, and continues to be, committed to ridding the united states and the world of threats posed by north korea's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. these programs threaten our homeland, our allies and partners, and the broader non-proliferation regime. north korea's past activities also make clear that it is proliferation to other actors that creates a risk, in addition to the primary risks. it has supporting infrastructure that is also of concern. in early 2017, the trump administration decided on a policy we have referred to as the "maximum pressure campaign"" th

mr. pompeo, who is a former cia director, of course, and others i don't mean to put words into professorth, but john, i want to get your reaction to his idea bottom line, in my notes, is that kim is buying time to work on his real agenda, which is building up his nuclear menacing capabilities do you see it that way do you see that level of insincerity lurk what -- d this is my words -- could be asha raid >> well, as professor lee says, don't look for sincerity when you're talking to kim jong-un. you know, and this is not an ideology issue either. i detected very little ideology in the place, just like is true in china what you detect is desire for power, so it's a totalitarian state. and love of money. those are two things that are more or less universal look, kim went to school in switzerland in bern. he knows all about western society. and he's -- the only asset he's got really to trade is the nuclear ste, and so he'll be wanting to build that up even further. i don't think he's the taking off his wolf costume and we found a lamb underneath there. but at the same time, you have to unde

mr. pompeo can be flexible.e keep using the terms complete verifiable, non-reversible, denuclearization. that will not be the near-term accomplishment. the question is, are we prepared to get down to work? canh specific concessions we offer along the way? the process has to begin with a verifiable database on north korean production sites for nuclear material and long-range missiles. we have to have inspectors verify that the north koreans have what they say they have. -- the database on what is ther now. host: are those inspectors ready to go? we don't know who they would be. there are monitoring for the korean peninsula, but they have not been involved in the bottom inspections. the international atomic energy agency that used to verify -- we don't even know if that would be the group that would be given access. it might be a different group. host: president trump and leader can meeting for the first time. the rest of the two teams at the table, how many knew each other from previous negotiations? aret: these

mr. anton: it was clear from the question he got. it was a question asked about the first pompeo visit which was about working out the details of the talk. mr. hayes: we will agree to disagree. more broadly on that question, what do you hope he comes back with? mr. anton: i would hope that he comes back with what he won't get, that koreans agree on the spot to start dismantling it. if he gets anything in that direction and only gives them minor concessions, that will be a victory. this will be difficult to calibrate. the north koreans are not going to accept the united states saying every sanction we put on to the last detail remains until full denuclearization. we will have to give as we get and working out exactly how to do that will become obligated and require hard work by mid-level and upper-level bureaucrats. mr. hayes: i went to get off of north korea but i find this so interesting. why do we have to give as we get? why can't we -- mr. anton: because they would give us that. mr. hayes: isn't that what caused this? didn't they -- [speaking simultaneously] mr. anton: no, we

mr. mcconnela few hoursgo, president trump, secretary of state pompeo, security advisor bolton and the rest of the delegation ended their meeting with north korean officials. this was an historic first step in negotiations. in the words of the joint statement agreed to by the united states and north korea, both ses cmitted to pursuing a lasting and robust peace regime and complete denuclearization of the korean peniula. the next steps in negotiations will test whether we can get to a verifiable deal which enhances our relationship with northeast asia and our allies. this challenge will take a great deal of hard work. as president trump explained a few hours ago,oday is the beginning of the arduous process. our eyes are wide open. i support the goals contained in the statement and i remain supportive of the administration's mission as secretary pompeo reiterated, the goal of the united states is the, quote, complete and verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula. if north korea doe not prove willing to follow through,e and our allies must be prepared to restore the policy of maximum

mr. mcconnela few hoursgo, president trump, secretary of state pompeo, security advisor bolton and the rest of the delegation ended their meeting with north korean officials. is

mike pompeo was a big advocate for releasing those documents, how did that really is come about? mr. anton: before becoming head of the cia, pompeo was one of the senior republicans on the intelligence committee. people have been telling him to use can rational pressure -- use congressional pressure. right after, he would call me and say what is going on. it is interesting and i said i sympathize with him. now i am in the position to do something. , i said if ie day do only two things, it will have been a success. get this document out and make place the senior care and terrorism official. we would have meetings. i did not know pompeo. people came in and sat around the table. the meeting broke out, i walked up and said, tom johnson is a friend of mine. he says, we're working on it. talk to my guys. february, there a lot of bureaucratic twists and turns. just when you thought you had it all done, some stop sign would flareup. thee are all kinds of ways bureaucracy tried to slow it down or stop it or limited. pompeo was always there to intervene in the right way. pushing and got it do

mr pompeo says there is still a great deal of work to do with north korea. you know, those things, the cost... i hate to sound like a pure businessman. these are the joint military exercises he is talking about. news that they would be ending was apparently a surprise to the south koreans, the us military, and even, reportedly, many of those in the travelling american delegation. japan, another key ally, was taken aback. translation: none of the details have been decided but we believe the us—south korean military drills are vital for the security of north east asia. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has now arrived in south korea to try and thrash out some of the details. but on this crucial issue of denuclearisation itself, much remains unclear. any negotiation with north korea on these issues is going to be enormously complex, very protracted, would require north korea to consent to an inspections regime within north korea that north korea has never allowed. but arriving back in the united states a short while ago, president trump was declaring job