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nic robertson in seoul.>>> "the washington post" reporting former james comfbi d james comey was interviewed by the department over andrew mccabe after mccabe misled investigators. this is a sign the office is considering if mccabe should be charged with the crime but is not a definitive indication. >>> the pressure on jeff sessions to un-recuse himself on the russia investigation was not limited to one conversation. cnn confirmed the president tried four times in the last 14 months to get his attorney general to change his mind. sessions recused himself after conversations with the ag and russian ambassador during the campaign. the frustration from the president has grown which left trump without a loyalist overseeing the russia investigation. >>> for the first time, we hear from michael cohen on tape making threats against a reporter. the reporter now works for npr. he was with "the daily beast" in 2015. he reached out to cohen on a rape accusation ivanhis former made against donald trump before their divo
nic robertson in seoul.>>> "the washington post" reporting former james comfbi d james comey was interviewed by the department over andrew mccabe after mccabe misled investigators. this is a sign the office is considering if mccabe should be charged with the crime but is not a definitive indication. >>> the pressure on jeff sessions to un-recuse himself on the russia investigation was not limited to one conversation. cnn confirmed the president tried four times in...
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we have nic robertson with the latest. c, the defensive drills are meant to show the american and south koreans are ready for combat in that region. the president calls them war games. how is that playing in seoul now? >> reporter: you know, there have been a lot of questions asked of the military here. there were rumors over the weekend that there was perhaps some new north/south korean agreement on the pull back of possible heavy weapons around the dmz and border area. that the mary here says is not true. there is push back on the rumors there will be agreement with the south korea and united states on the joint military exercises. the word in south korea here, official word, there is no deal yet. this is something they don't want to speculate or comment about at the moment. they are not saying if the deal can be reached by the end of the week. what we are hearing and south korean foreign minister spoke to mike pompeo last night. they spoke for about 20 minutes. we understand to make sure that the communication and coordi
we have nic robertson with the latest. c, the defensive drills are meant to show the american and south koreans are ready for combat in that region. the president calls them war games. how is that playing in seoul now? >> reporter: you know, there have been a lot of questions asked of the military here. there were rumors over the weekend that there was perhaps some new north/south korean agreement on the pull back of possible heavy weapons around the dmz and border area. that the mary...
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nic robertson live in seoul. thank you. >>> president trump standing by his glowing praise for the summit partner kim jong-un in interviews. the president appeared to justify the brutal actions of the north korean regime. >> you know, you call people sometimes killers. he is a killer. he is executing. >> he is a tough guy. when you take over a country, a tough country. tough people. you take it over from your father. if you can do that at 27 years old, you -- that's 1 in 10,000 that could do that. he is a very smart guy. great negotiatonegotiator. i think we understand each other. >> but he has still done very bad things. >> yeah, but so have a lot of other people have done bad things. i can go through a lot of nations where a lot of bad things have been done. the answer is yes. >> the comments of kim jong-un's actions echoing the rhetoric the president had used in the past to defend vladimir putin when the president said you think our country is so innocent. >>> as president trump flew back home from the summit,
nic robertson live in seoul. thank you. >>> president trump standing by his glowing praise for the summit partner kim jong-un in interviews. the president appeared to justify the brutal actions of the north korean regime. >> you know, you call people sometimes killers. he is a killer. he is executing. >> he is a tough guy. when you take over a country, a tough country. tough people. you take it over from your father. if you can do that at 27 years old, you -- that's 1 in...
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nic robertson joining us live from soeeoul with the latest. good morning, nic. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. i mean, this isn't the kind headline or coverage the united states ever gets from the north koreans. the united states until now, it has been the archenemy, the nemesis of leader kim jong-un. now glowing rhetoric is flowing forth from their state news agency, and it's worth reading out one of their lines here. it is so significant because they don't do thisthey do not p states in this way. in the past, here is what they're saying, president trump expressed his belief that the summit will improve the united states-north korea relations and also said the supreme leader's active and peace-loving measures that were start earlier this year established peace and stability on the korean peninsula. saying there precisely that president trump is giving -- is giving praise to kim jong-un for everything that he has done. that would b typical in north korea to praise kim jong-un but not to praise president trump. mike pompeo, of course, arr
nic robertson joining us live from soeeoul with the latest. good morning, nic. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. i mean, this isn't the kind headline or coverage the united states ever gets from the north koreans. the united states until now, it has been the archenemy, the nemesis of leader kim jong-un. now glowing rhetoric is flowing forth from their state news agency, and it's worth reading out one of their lines here. it is so significant because they don't do thisthey do not p...
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we have nic robertson with latest in seoul. president called these war games and a waste of money. his own military brass supported these games and readiness and drills between two allies. ho how is this playing out in seoul? >> reporter: sure. ready to fight tonight. that is the idea of the drills with u.s. forces and south koan soldiers. ensure they are ready at the drop of a hat should there be pro provocation from north korea. south korean officials have been pushed about this over the weekend and monday here to inquire where does this dialogue stand because remember last week what we heard from south korean officials was reading between the lines and surprised about the announcement and discussion of better coordination with the united states and this is a bilateral agreement that one side cannot make up their mind about it. in that context, south korean officials here asked about this over the weekend and again today are saying they are not clear themselves when the decision or what the decision might look like to actuall
we have nic robertson with latest in seoul. president called these war games and a waste of money. his own military brass supported these games and readiness and drills between two allies. ho how is this playing out in seoul? >> reporter: sure. ready to fight tonight. that is the idea of the drills with u.s. forces and south koan soldiers. ensure they are ready at the drop of a hat should there be pro provocation from north korea. south korean officials have been pushed about this over...
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. >>> nic robertson is there in seoul. nic, they are in south korea for obvious reasons. the country has a lot of interest in what is happening but president moon as well has invested a lot personally in the success of this upcoming meeting. >> hugely. it's greatly anticipated here. there was real concern, if you go back less than a year ago, that there could be a wide-scale war on the korean peninsula. for president moon, the fact that president trump and kim jong-un can sit down and talk about what is a war of words between them is a hugely positive thing. the way that it's being viewed here is let's not worry about if kim jong-un and his father and his grandfather have lied in the past to america presidents as they have opinion this could be a different situation. south koreans believe some change could happen here. president moon is accused of overselling and overplaying this and from a south korean perspective, anything that can head off, put off the possibility of what will be a hugely ugly war, you know, conventional weapons that north korea has lined up could easi
. >>> nic robertson is there in seoul. nic, they are in south korea for obvious reasons. the country has a lot of interest in what is happening but president moon as well has invested a lot personally in the success of this upcoming meeting. >> hugely. it's greatly anticipated here. there was real concern, if you go back less than a year ago, that there could be a wide-scale war on the korean peninsula. for president moon, the fact that president trump and kim jong-un can sit...
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nic robertson live from seoul with that. nic? >> reporter: good morning. reaction coming from the north korean regime has been positive. it's absolutely glowed, given a lot of coverage to the meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. president trump announcing his satisfaction on, you know, approaching his arrival back to -- to the united states. i'll read you here the tweet that we have from him -- president trump expressed his belief that the summit will improve the u.s.-north korea relations and also said the supreme leader's active and peace-loving measures that were started earlier this year established peace and stability in the korean peninsula. secretary of state mike pompeo when he touches down here very, very shortly expected on thursday here to go into meetings with president moon. also meeting with the foreign minister and with japan's foreign minister. what we hear from officials here about the stopping of those joint military exercises, saying they want to understand better what president trump's accurate intentions are here. they are
nic robertson live from seoul with that. nic? >> reporter: good morning. reaction coming from the north korean regime has been positive. it's absolutely glowed, given a lot of coverage to the meeting between president trump and kim jong-un. president trump announcing his satisfaction on, you know, approaching his arrival back to -- to the united states. i'll read you here the tweet that we have from him -- president trump expressed his belief that the summit will improve the u.s.-north...
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we have nic robertson in seoul with the latest. utiously is how the south korean officials are watching it. they are encouraged how secretary pompeo's talks went the last couple days. president trump has said everything is going well. secretary pompeo describes good progress in the past 72 hours. when you listen the language of secretary pompeo, it is still heavily caveated. what does he think that president trump thinks which gives them reason to believe that north korea's kim jong-un is shifting his position? pompeo saying we believe that the north koreans are contemplating a different path that can lead to a strategic shift. there is still a lot of question marks there with secretary pompeo's mind whether the north koreans will make the compromises necessary. for that reason, he said he is not sure if the summit will go ahead. maybe the letter that kim yong chol will deliver to president trump will hold the key. >> thank you, nic robertson, in seoul. >>> breaking news for anyone with plans to head to vegas. casino workers may be
we have nic robertson in seoul with the latest. utiously is how the south korean officials are watching it. they are encouraged how secretary pompeo's talks went the last couple days. president trump has said everything is going well. secretary pompeo describes good progress in the past 72 hours. when you listen the language of secretary pompeo, it is still heavily caveated. what does he think that president trump thinks which gives them reason to believe that north korea's kim jong-un is...
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kaitlyn collins and paula hancocks live in singapore and nic robertson is also with us and chris lu, obama cabinet secretary is with us as well. what are you hearing from singapore? >> kim jong-un is hosting with the prime minister of singapore who is hosting this event and something costing singapore the prime minister said $15 million. one thing uncleared about the $15 million figure is whether or not the singaporeans are paying for the north koreans travel here and that was something up for much debate the last few days who was going to pay for it. we do know that the united states said they would not be footing the bill for kim jong-un to come to singapore. the question is who is paying for that hotel room and travel on the air china flight and what not. but all of this is shaping up. they just met. likely discussing logistics. a formal diplomatic meeting between the two of since singapore is hosting this. president trump once he arrives in the next hour or so will go his hotel and tomorrow when he is scheduled to meet with the prime minister of singapore as well. so both of thos
kaitlyn collins and paula hancocks live in singapore and nic robertson is also with us and chris lu, obama cabinet secretary is with us as well. what are you hearing from singapore? >> kim jong-un is hosting with the prime minister of singapore who is hosting this event and something costing singapore the prime minister said $15 million. one thing uncleared about the $15 million figure is whether or not the singaporeans are paying for the north koreans travel here and that was something...
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let's go to nic robertson live in seoul. nic, four times donald trump tweeted about obama bowing to the saudi king. we have never seen something like this. north korean propaganda video includes the president of the united states. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it is ironic. north korea is still milking that salute for what it is worth for them which is a lot. their propaganda machine is describing the relationship exhibited between donald trump and kim jong-un as affectionate to kim jong-un as a respectful relationship. president trump was apparently briefed that protocol dictates that you don't salute a general in another army, particularly the one belonging to a dictator. sarah sanders did have an answer to why she believes president trump decided to break with normal protocol. >> it's a common courtesy when a military official from another government salutes that you return that. >> reporter: but here in south korea, despite the north koreans milking that for what it is worth, here in south korea is not a
let's go to nic robertson live in seoul. nic, four times donald trump tweeted about obama bowing to the saudi king. we have never seen something like this. north korean propaganda video includes the president of the united states. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it is ironic. north korea is still milking that salute for what it is worth for them which is a lot. their propaganda machine is describing the relationship exhibited between donald trump and kim jong-un as...
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nic robertson on the news. let's get analysis now on president trump's declaration he'll stop war games in south korea. right now secretary of state mike pompeo is there in seoul hammering out t details on how ending the drills would even work. he also said full engagement with north korea will begin sometime next week. but did president trump get the idea about ending joint military drills from russian president vladimir putin? ier this year "the wall street journal" suggested that earlier this year putin is the one who suggested trump do this with nuclear tests. ambassador bachus, welcome back. >> thank you. >> before we get into was putin who gave him the idea, i got to ask you about the news that nic robertson just reported telling his peoe that the the il u.s. is going to lift those negotiations during negotiations but trump has said that won't happen until the nukes go away. >> this is the danger of about 17 minutes of conversation private between the two leaders. we don't know what was said. we read the
nic robertson on the news. let's get analysis now on president trump's declaration he'll stop war games in south korea. right now secretary of state mike pompeo is there in seoul hammering out t details on how ending the drills would even work. he also said full engagement with north korea will begin sometime next week. but did president trump get the idea about ending joint military drills from russian president vladimir putin? ier this year "the wall street journal" suggested that...
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nic robertson joins us from seoul. nic, clearly kim jong-un gits t -- gets the imagery of a summit. so little is known about him, can he be trusted on the substance? >> his father couldn't be. his grandfather couldn't be. it's all going to come down to the leverage. you have to look at his positioning of himself this evening with this walk-about. he's certainly going into this meeting tomorrow, hugely important meeting, giving off an air of confidence. and i guess if you really want to be macchavalian about him, the timing of walking on the streets is not only a message of "i can do this" but it doesn't leave a space of time for president trump to come out and do something lar,n if the security service were to allow thed states president to walk on the streets the same as kim jong-un. he kind of scored something of a plus there. it's going to be hard for him to have pictures of him sort of in a terribly ostentatious environment paraded before his home domestic audience who are getting abnormally a sort of almost tick-tock account of what he's doing and how the meetings are going so
nic robertson joins us from seoul. nic, clearly kim jong-un gits t -- gets the imagery of a summit. so little is known about him, can he be trusted on the substance? >> his father couldn't be. his grandfather couldn't be. it's all going to come down to the leverage. you have to look at his positioning of himself this evening with this walk-about. he's certainly going into this meeting tomorrow, hugely important meeting, giving off an air of confidence. and i guess if you really want to be...
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let's go to our nic robertson live in seoul. s safe to say that south korea is surprised as the rest of us. >> surprised but i think we may be surprised as well by their answer. i mean, let's frame this up for everyone. these military, joint military exercises, are a huge part of what give the south korean population the feeling and the governments the knowledge that if there is a military threat that's immediate from the north that they are ready to match it. the troops are ready to fight tonight. so they're on a hair trigger. training is hugely important. training on that kind of scale is something that's been done for a long time and builds that confidence. however, what we're hearing from the blue house, the president's office this evening in a statement, is this, let me read it to you -- he says, at this moment we need to figure out president trump's accurate meaning and intention of that statement that we heard. however, we believe we need to seek various measures to efficiently move forward the dialogue during these seriou
let's go to our nic robertson live in seoul. s safe to say that south korea is surprised as the rest of us. >> surprised but i think we may be surprised as well by their answer. i mean, let's frame this up for everyone. these military, joint military exercises, are a huge part of what give the south korean population the feeling and the governments the knowledge that if there is a military threat that's immediate from the north that they are ready to match it. the troops are ready to...
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. >> cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me from seoul, south korea. be tough talk but at the same time the president is changing his tone on the meeting calling it a get to know you session, he no longer wants to say the phrase maximum pressure campaign. is he edging toward a water-downed deal here? >> that is certainly what some of his allies in the region japan in particular are concerned about. secretary mattis on sunday had a one on one bilateral meeting with japan's defense minister, and it was japan's defense minister on saturday who said what essentially what does president trump mean by not using this term extreme measures, what does he mean in terms of sanctions and it also said that the united states shouldn't sit down at the table with kim jong-un unless the north korean leader is putting more on the table in terms of his comprehensive complete irreversible verification of denuclearization. so united states allies in this case japan are precisely concerned about that. they see the historic parallels, where other american presidents have gon
. >> cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me from seoul, south korea. be tough talk but at the same time the president is changing his tone on the meeting calling it a get to know you session, he no longer wants to say the phrase maximum pressure campaign. is he edging toward a water-downed deal here? >> that is certainly what some of his allies in the region japan in particular are concerned about. secretary mattis on sunday had a one on one bilateral meeting...
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we have cnn's nic robertson joinings live. this is an -- joining us ve. this is amazing to watch this unfold. >> reporter: so much on the line for moon jae-in and people in south korea. one young man said he had seen this agreement and things play out as a photo opportunity, if you will. he was hoping that something more could come out of it and another lady said this is something we could not expect or believe in and now it is happening. there's a great hope for unification in korea. another elderly gentleman said my mother was shot during the korean war. this is something i never, ever thought would happen. north koreans were the absolute enemies. he described the situation now and he says it is apt. he said we are in the position with the key in the door. we have to hope we can turn that key. that is what president moon is hoping here for creating the conditions for this to happen. he wasn't in the key meeting in singapore. what he has told the korean people is expect the process to take several years. he also said this should happen, the united states
we have cnn's nic robertson joinings live. this is an -- joining us ve. this is amazing to watch this unfold. >> reporter: so much on the line for moon jae-in and people in south korea. one young man said he had seen this agreement and things play out as a photo opportunity, if you will. he was hoping that something more could come out of it and another lady said this is something we could not expect or believe in and now it is happening. there's a great hope for unification in korea....
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nic robertson is on the ground in seoul. nic, the secretary spoke to reporters on his way to seoul.hat is your biggest takeaway from what he had to say? >> reporter: the idea of denuclearization will take 2 1/2 years. he hopes it will happen, and you you have to high light that, hopes it will happen. he pushed back strongly on the of complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization, the only word in thatocument they signed was the word complete. mike pompe in that word understood that the word "complete" meant irreversible and verifiable. he called it insulting that people would take it any other way. i think those are the two -- have to be the two takeaways there. certainly the message he will be delivering to the south korean president tomorrow is a detail about that stopping, president trump said, of the joint military exercises. s clarification on that, those will be halted as long as north korea is engaged in good faith negotiations. so i think that's an important message that he will have to deliver here. but the message for the citizens of the united states and the rest of
nic robertson is on the ground in seoul. nic, the secretary spoke to reporters on his way to seoul.hat is your biggest takeaway from what he had to say? >> reporter: the idea of denuclearization will take 2 1/2 years. he hopes it will happen, and you you have to high light that, hopes it will happen. he pushed back strongly on the of complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization, the only word in thatocument they signed was the word complete. mike pompe in that word understood that...
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nic robertson joins us with more. what can you tell us? >> yeah. poppy, this is where the hard work begins. you would have expected ahead of a summit that this kind of level of detail with allies explaining what you're thinking and what you're planning to do and what your strategy is, and this woul and secretary of state mike pompeo arrived here a few hours ago and met with general vincent brooks who is a commander of u.s. forces in south korea, and undoubtedly the opportunity to share enlightenment about the picture and military training exercises, the u.s. forces deal with south korean forces and hugely important for the preparedness and the level of readiness and they need to be ready to fight tonight is what they -- is the level that they're at because of the potential, immediate threat from north korea. so tomorrow fortary po the tougher meetings, meeting with president moon jae-in of south korea. after that, he's expected to meet with south korean foreign minister and japan's foreign minister, as well because not forgetting japan has a stake
nic robertson joins us with more. what can you tell us? >> yeah. poppy, this is where the hard work begins. you would have expected ahead of a summit that this kind of level of detail with allies explaining what you're thinking and what you're planning to do and what your strategy is, and this woul and secretary of state mike pompeo arrived here a few hours ago and met with general vincent brooks who is a commander of u.s. forces in south korea, and undoubtedly the opportunity to share...
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we have nic robertson live for us. good morning, nic. >> reporter: good morning, dave.ssue that faces the south korean leadership and president moon is what we heard from president trump from his statements there. that they are ending, the united states, decided to end the joint military exercises. remembering the forces here in south korea, u.s. forces, are on a ready to fight tonight footing. that means training and level of preparedness is important. the same for the south korean forces here. this is something that perhaps could potentially lead to more sleepless nights for president moon. secretary of state mike pompeo did call the foreign minister here in south korea shortly after president trump made that is signature with kim jong-un. the brief conversation between the two on the phone went well. south korean foreign minister thanking the secretary of state for informing them and coratulating them on a successful summit. a key line here in the area that they agree they would work together to have closer cooperation and we don't know yet whether this announcement
we have nic robertson live for us. good morning, nic. >> reporter: good morning, dave.ssue that faces the south korean leadership and president moon is what we heard from president trump from his statements there. that they are ending, the united states, decided to end the joint military exercises. remembering the forces here in south korea, u.s. forces, are on a ready to fight tonight footing. that means training and level of preparedness is important. the same for the south korean...
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joining me now is nic robertson in seoul.t seems like south korea was caught by surprise. >> reporter: it really does, anderson. you know, we got a statement from the blue house, the president's office, a little earlier on this evening. they said, look, we need to understand the precise meaning, the accurate meaning and intent of what president trump is saying. they did go on to say they're willing to make compromises to improve that relationship, between the united states and north korea, and that this was important that that relationship building and there were things they are willing to do for that. but what is really fascinating here is the readout that we had just in the past couple of hours or so from a phone call between president trump and president moon jae-in, president trump called him the south korean president when he was on the way home, on air force one. there is notion on these joint military exercises in this statement, there is some congratulations going back both ways, perhaps the key phrase to take out of
joining me now is nic robertson in seoul.t seems like south korea was caught by surprise. >> reporter: it really does, anderson. you know, we got a statement from the blue house, the president's office, a little earlier on this evening. they said, look, we need to understand the precise meaning, the accurate meaning and intent of what president trump is saying. they did go on to say they're willing to make compromises to improve that relationship, between the united states and north...
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cnn's nic robertson is in seoul. do you get the sense that south korea was surprised by this announcement about the war games? >> reporter: sure. that very much the case. and what we have been hearing from the foreign minister and from the president here they want to be more involved in the decisions the united states are taking and war games and joint military exercises they like to call them is something that both sides agree on mutually. i think wher seeing a little backtracking and painstaking effort to get, you know, to get the messaging on this right. it's not clear yet if president trump has made the phone call to kim jong-un in north korea. it's about 8:15 in the evening in pyongyang so i guess a couple of more hours he could still make that call. from a south korean perspective, they believe this is a great -- sta great opportunity for -- for kim jong-un and president trump to sort out any personal issues that come up. that was par of the message is south korea got out of the summit and subsequently from pre
cnn's nic robertson is in seoul. do you get the sense that south korea was surprised by this announcement about the war games? >> reporter: sure. that very much the case. and what we have been hearing from the foreign minister and from the president here they want to be more involved in the decisions the united states are taking and war games and joint military exercises they like to call them is something that both sides agree on mutually. i think wher seeing a little backtracking and...
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and cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in seoul, south korea. he joins us now live. good to see you, nic. let's start with the replacement of the top threeary officials by kim jong-un ahead of the june summit. what might this signal, do you think? >> so it's the defense chief. it's the head of the army and the head of the army's political bureau. these obviously very influential positions. the head of the political bureau for the korean people's army is an influential position in and of itself because it is concerned directly with the finances that are connected to the military, that the military has overview on, whic includes a lot of business interests. ver, what doe this mean at the mo? it's notar. as these newer appointees we're being told are kim loyalists and one might reasonably assume that is firming up his power base. but we've known that's been pretty strong for some time, and he's had to reshuffle in the military not so long back as well. i think if we look at, this if we really step back from it, you know, the conclusion that's perhap
and cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in seoul, south korea. he joins us now live. good to see you, nic. let's start with the replacement of the top threeary officials by kim jong-un ahead of the june summit. what might this signal, do you think? >> so it's the defense chief. it's the head of the army and the head of the army's political bureau. these obviously very influential positions. the head of the political bureau for the korean people's army is an influential...
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nic robertson, keep us posted. thank you. >>> right now on the other side of the border, north korea the north korean people are seeing some extraordinary things when it comes to how the state media there is covering the historic summit, what is left in and what is left out. our will ripley has more. >> reporter: poppy, the images of the trump/kim summit in singapore were being instantly arounded the world except for the one place where it matters most in north korea where they had to wait almost 24 hours where they saw these pictures of their kim jong-un and president trump standing side by side smiling and shaking hands, patting each other on the pat in front of a row of american and north korean flags. these wereurreges for the world and extraordinary images for the people of north korea who had never in their lives seen anything like this and it was all over the state's leading newspaper, it was over the television as well with their lead news reader, it was broadcasting what the north koreans consider a win. t
nic robertson, keep us posted. thank you. >>> right now on the other side of the border, north korea the north korean people are seeing some extraordinary things when it comes to how the state media there is covering the historic summit, what is left in and what is left out. our will ripley has more. >> reporter: poppy, the images of the trump/kim summit in singapore were being instantly arounded the world except for the one place where it matters most in north korea where they...
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cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us live from seoul. what can you tell us, nic? >> you know, i think the best we can get is from the president, he said himself, you know, just yesterday when he was asked if he'd read the letter while giving a big explanation about his thinking and saying the summit was back on again, admitted that he hadn't read it. he said that kim yong chol, the north korean former spy chief, was just going to drop by the white house to hand over this letter and then stay for two hours of talks, so right now this oversized envelope that has all the look of a card, a birthday card perhaps from colleagues to a friend at work by the size of it, because perhaps so many people signed it. i mean, we just don't know what's in there. but it does seem on the face of it now to be a golden ticket for the former spy chief to get into the oval office to talk to president trump for two hours. i think at the moment, absent of that letter being published, we really don't know what was in it. what we've heard from president trump can o
cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins us live from seoul. what can you tell us, nic? >> you know, i think the best we can get is from the president, he said himself, you know, just yesterday when he was asked if he'd read the letter while giving a big explanation about his thinking and saying the summit was back on again, admitted that he hadn't read it. he said that kim yong chol, the north korean former spy chief, was just going to drop by the white house to hand...
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we're hearing from nic robertson in seoul, south korea. what are you hearing about that, nic?at we're hearing is that this is unprecedented that president moon had two phone calls now in two consecutive days from president trump. they're com on that. what we know president moon said to president trump is that he believes the summit has been a good foundation for peace not just on the korean peninsula, but for the whole world. a moon spokesman said he bonded well with kim jong-un, the north korean leader, so he was giving feedback on how president trump thought the whole thing had gone. what we're hearing from the south koreaide is they want the united states to move swiftly to try to implement this agreement, also saying they want to sort of have closer, more ongoing coordination with the united states over how this develops. we're hearing also from the chinese as well who clearly are trying to sort of perhaps wind themselves back from the position of helng president trump put tough sanctions on north korea. they're hinting that perhaps as north korea goes down into the past,
we're hearing from nic robertson in seoul, south korea. what are you hearing about that, nic?at we're hearing is that this is unprecedented that president moon had two phone calls now in two consecutive days from president trump. they're com on that. what we know president moon said to president trump is that he believes the summit has been a good foundation for peace not just on the korean peninsula, but for the whole world. a moon spokesman said he bonded well with kim jong-un, the north...
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our international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in seoul, south korea. n days out from this historic summit if the current plan holds. where you are standing there in south korea, what are they saying? how do they view this upcoming summit? >> reporter: sure, look, i think the south koreans are very clear -- very keen and it's been clear from the beginning, to get to some talk in between president trump and kim jong-un. they're saying that they're watching this carefully. they're saying that don't let what north korea has done in the past be a prejudge of what north korea may do this time. of course, everyone knows that north korea's lied in the past and a lot of people are saying they could lie again. so, the south koreans really wanted to -- want to be more optimistic, really sort of putting, if you will, as much pressure as they can bring to bear, if any, on the white house to make a go of this, to have this meeting as president trump has said it's just kind of getting to know you at first. but america's other allies in this region, particularly japan,
our international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in seoul, south korea. n days out from this historic summit if the current plan holds. where you are standing there in south korea, what are they saying? how do they view this upcoming summit? >> reporter: sure, look, i think the south koreans are very clear -- very keen and it's been clear from the beginning, to get to some talk in between president trump and kim jong-un. they're saying that they're watching this carefully. they're...
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i want to get t nic robertson who joins us from seoul. today after the summit. what do we know about that conversation and south korea's reaction to what emerged here? >> reporter: the issue of not -- president trump saying that it's going to end the big joint military exercises has been a curious day in a way for president moon here. he began by telling everyone here that he had a sleepless night, an indication that he was -- he did have concerns going into this very important summit. he's been praising president trump through the day just after president trump made that signing with kim jong-un, mike pompeo, secretary of state, called the foreign minster here and the nugget in that phone call was, the south korean foreign minster said we would like to have closer cooperation in the future. then after that, that's when president trump made that statement about ending the joint military exercises and the blue house here, the president's office then issued a statement saying, we need to kind of figure out precisely what president trump mea
i want to get t nic robertson who joins us from seoul. today after the summit. what do we know about that conversation and south korea's reaction to what emerged here? >> reporter: the issue of not -- president trump saying that it's going to end the big joint military exercises has been a curious day in a way for president moon here. he began by telling everyone here that he had a sleepless night, an indication that he was -- he did have concerns going into this very important summit....
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our international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in the capital of seoul, south korea, right now. nic, what is the confidence level in the diplomatic community that this summit isn't going to happen or is going to happen, and that this is a real shot at a breakthrough with kim jong-un? >> reporter: let's break that down into two parts. i think the first part, you have to say nobody would be surprised if it was off again, then on again, even, in this short space of time. then, i think when you look at it, what can it really achieve, i think there's real concern and consternation here. south korea obviously really wants this summit to go ahead. it's been pushing president trump, saying don't judge kim jong-un by his past practices of essentially being a liar and reneging on previous deals. don't let that stand in the way right now. but you have japan at the same time saying, whoa, hold up a minute, president trump saying this is just going to be a getting to know you meeting, so what can really come out of it. japan is saying, look, let's have something firm on the table from north
our international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in the capital of seoul, south korea, right now. nic, what is the confidence level in the diplomatic community that this summit isn't going to happen or is going to happen, and that this is a real shot at a breakthrough with kim jong-un? >> reporter: let's break that down into two parts. i think the first part, you have to say nobody would be surprised if it was off again, then on again, even, in this short space of time. then, i think...
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nic robertson has the story live in seoul. what have you learned, nic? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. a strong push back from secretary of state mike pompeo with journalists on the issue that the joint document that was signed by president trump and kim jong-un didn't include the words verification or irreversible. mike pompeo saying very clearly it was understood by all sides that complete implicitly meant therefore i or reversible and verifiable and said any thought to the contrary was ludicrous and insulting. contrary to what the north korea an people are hearing in their media that sanctions could come off as a result of the progress of negotiations and talks, they are mentioned on their side of denuclearization, mike pompeo being very clear, this administration won't repeat the mistakes of the last administration. sanctions stay on until there are results. >> when we refer to the mistakes of the past, they were providing relief until denuclearization. that is not going to happen. president trump made it clear when he was with kim jong-un himself
nic robertson has the story live in seoul. what have you learned, nic? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. a strong push back from secretary of state mike pompeo with journalists on the issue that the joint document that was signed by president trump and kim jong-un didn't include the words verification or irreversible. mike pompeo saying very clearly it was understood by all sides that complete implicitly meant therefore i or reversible and verifiable and said any thought to the contrary...
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let's start with nic robertson, who is in seoul, south korea. nick? >> reporter: brooke, what we're hearing from the administration here is they were somewhat blindsided by the cancelling of these joint military exercises that are hugely important to the defense of south korea should there be aggression from the north. the troops here are on the ready-to-fonight footing. so they're key to having that level of preparedness. we heard they want to understand the precise meaning and accuracy of what president trump meant by stopping these actions. no mention of the joint military exercises but he does say he wants to improve the cooperation and coordination from the united states and south korea as they move forward in this diplomatic measure. >> i'm phil mattingly on capitol hill. right now when you talk to senate republicans, the members of the president's own parties, you're hearing a mix of two different viewpoints on things. cautious optimism. they know at least at this moment, the world is likely further away from a nuclear conflict than they were j
let's start with nic robertson, who is in seoul, south korea. nick? >> reporter: brooke, what we're hearing from the administration here is they were somewhat blindsided by the cancelling of these joint military exercises that are hugely important to the defense of south korea should there be aggression from the north. the troops here are on the ready-to-fonight footing. so they're key to having that level of preparedness. we heard they want to understand the precise meaning and accuracy...
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the news just moments ago, so let's go straight to seoul, cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertsonat have you heard? >> reporter: well, john, of course these joint military exercises are what gives the government the knowledge that it can respond to aggression from north korea, it's what gives the people of south korea the sense of security that they've got a ready military force that's battle ready, ready to fight tonight. that's the motto they stand by. so what we heard from the blue house the president's office this evening, gives us a little insight into what the president here is thinking about thi issue of suspending or stopping entirely those military exercises. i'll read it to you. it says this. at this moment we need to figure out president trump's accurate meaning and intention of that statement. goes on, however, we believe we need to seek various measures, how to efficiently move forward to the dialogues during serious talks are being conducted to denuclearize the korean peninsula and to establish relations between north korea and the united states. i think what we're h
the news just moments ago, so let's go straight to seoul, cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertsonat have you heard? >> reporter: well, john, of course these joint military exercises are what gives the government the knowledge that it can respond to aggression from north korea, it's what gives the people of south korea the sense of security that they've got a ready military force that's battle ready, ready to fight tonight. that's the motto they stand by. so what we heard from...
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nic robertson is live in seoul with more on that. nic? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. this is kind of where the hard work begins. yes, it was hard work to get that big summit but the actual hard work that's often done before summits which is the details, while secretary of state mike pompeo now that ball firmly in his court. he met as he got off the base in the air base in south korea with general vincent brooks who's the commander of u.s. forces in korea, so perhaps a chance to brief him on some of the president's comments, but the real tough talk perhaps coming tomorrow when he meets the south korean president, south korean foreign minster, japanese foreign minster because what we're hearing from here is they really want to understand better what president trump meant and what were his implications and his ideas when he said that he was ending these joint military exercises, hugely important for south korean security and military readiness, so perhaps detail being put on the bones. north of the border, north korea, the media there in their newspapers and on televisio
nic robertson is live in seoul with more on that. nic? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. this is kind of where the hard work begins. yes, it was hard work to get that big summit but the actual hard work that's often done before summits which is the details, while secretary of state mike pompeo now that ball firmly in his court. he met as he got off the base in the air base in south korea with general vincent brooks who's the commander of u.s. forces in korea, so perhaps a chance to brief...
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joining me korea affairs chris cillizza.ditor-at-large bruce, what do you think of mike pompeo, what nic robertsonporting from mike pompeo that they want to take major steps toward nuclear disarmament in the next two years. >> certainly, we want north korea to fulfill not only its recent pledge in the singapore communique, but also what required to do under the u.n. resolutions which is to abandon its nuclear missile and chemical and warfare programs in a complete, verifiable, irreversible manner. we are hoping that the recent negotiations will lead to that. on the military exercises, north korea has long been calling for the u.s. and south korea to abandon those in some cases as part of a freeze for freeze re they freeze the nuke and missile test in return for us stopping our exercises. the u.s. has correctly rejected that initiative or proposal from the north in the past because any kind of pause could lead to a degradation for defense capabilities. that seems to be the route that things are going right now, bruce. what do you then also make of what president trump tweeted, that there's no longe
joining me korea affairs chris cillizza.ditor-at-large bruce, what do you think of mike pompeo, what nic robertsonporting from mike pompeo that they want to take major steps toward nuclear disarmament in the next two years. >> certainly, we want north korea to fulfill not only its recent pledge in the singapore communique, but also what required to do under the u.n. resolutions which is to abandon its nuclear missile and chemical and warfare programs in a complete, verifiable,...
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