and north korea there's been more perhaps achieved between north korea and south korea are heading now by cars to the blue buildings which is where we believe the meeting will take place now this area in the joint security area one of things as been agreed by north korea and south korea as no one carries weapons there anymore this of course is one of the most militarized areas on earth or has be in the area around here remains one of the most what's the most mined area on earth so yes in terms of north and south korea quite a lot of greed in terms of the u.s. and north korea no one basic the deal is being done which is president trump saying no military exercises and on the whole the u.s. has reduced its military exercises here and north korea is said no nuclear testing and firing of missiles and on the whole until hanoi that stuck there have been though 2 missile tests since hanoi president truck brushes that off and says oh they're mine actually when you speak to diplomats at the u.n. security council and i've spoken to i think most members of the security council about this they say

>> if you don't have the conviction that north korea will denuclearize, what option do you have? the north korean leader said, he can willing to give up nuclear weapons and let's take it how it is. >> several administrations in the u.s., have had confidence that north korea would, first, not march toward a nuclear weapon. and now, denuclearize. that has not come to fruition. beyond the confidence, what is the evidence? >> we should make evidence. up to now, north korea has been talking commitment. it is time for us to work on those an crete actions. that's why president moon had been saying complete denuclearization of north korea would take a longer time. we should start with some concrete result. and president trump's visit to the dmz has all kinds of possibility. >> did you know that kim jong-un was going to walk back into south korea with president trump? >> i was surprised. i thought president trump would step into north korean territory. but chairman kim jong-un, came to the southern part of cree. and had dialogue with president trump, in the freedom house. that was unusual

and down north korea's -- what if north korea resides to lift the sanctions, lift the moth moratorium another point i'm trying to share with you is that south korea should not be sidelined too much. as we know, south korea played a brilliant role in mediating and facilitating process of the direct talks between the united states and north korea. and south korea is sidelined to a significant extent. and, you know, united states is our ally and north korea is our -- you know, our korean brethren. and so, you know, both sides should not, should not sideline us, south korea. which initiated this whole process of peace after the totally unforgivable heightened threat of war on the korean peninsula as i mentioned in 2017. another concern i have in the united states white house is that to what extent president trump overrides the opposition from the hard line advisers or to what extent he is overridden by hard liner advisers. we heard about snap back idea proposed by donald trump in hanoi, as exposed by the north korean side. and we have iranian case, most recently of a few days ago, and uni

of trust in north korea. so with these types of features in europe with the north korean peninsula to for those policymakers north korea has already signed those in the past and then thou weapons for national security and with the process moving forward but on this particular issue it doesn't change the behavior but to start with us and south korea and this is something that is the process with that approach that we have mentioned before between the different leaders and also something that is missing. between us and north korea. >> and the comparison with that nuclear is asian. and with that approach with that denuclearization. and with those creations. >> to talk about the process which is called to the process of the korean peninsula. we have two crisis on the korean peninsula and with the north korea program and then for the closure and then to organize this kind of effort with denuclearization. but in 2017 and with those capabilities. and for those who once again but then we realized it is totally differe

there is politics inside of north korea and pyongyang, too. kim jong-un is a young leader and it's not clear how secure his control over the north korean military is. if you want to deal with somebody, sometimes you have got to give them a little bit of room, got to give them a win at home. the politics aren't just in the west, they are in the north, too. jon: they they see their leader meeting with the most of powerful man in the world, that acrews to his benefit. >> possibly. it's the north korean elite whose incomes and lavish lifestyles deperson on kim jong-un's ability to deliver. that's the base of his power. jon: if you were advising president trump wrote what advice would you give him? >> build that personal relationship. build that trust. during obama administration we had to talk qaddafi out of his nuclear program in libya. qaddafi was killed and dragged through the streets. the north koreans are very, very aware of this. they are afraid of it, too. we need to make sure they understand we are going to give them space. the carrot and s

the threat that north korea pose to the south. said, these ceremonial changes on the border is part of the agreement between the president and the north korean leader. this will be the third meeting -- we should not call this a summit. it's a hand shake. we have don't expect formal negotiations here. this more a photo opportunity. personal greeting in the hopes of getting nuclear negotiations back on track. jim acosta, i understand you have new reporting, jim, about just how much the president's tweet yesterday led to this moment we're seeing today. >> i talked to a source familiar with the planning right now who said this was essentially spontaneous, the president tweeting that he wanted to the meet with kim jong un. i talked to a law enforcement source a short while ago. he said that the secret service had, in fact, being planning for the possibility of the president going to the dmz. this is not something he can do at the last 1eb8gd. there is so much planning and preparation that has to go into a visit like this. the secret se

the dmz is a wide swath that separates north from south korea. but there is an area 40 minute north of seoul. you will remember the photo and video from april 27 of last year when moon jae-in and kim jong-un met right there where the border comes together and kim walked across the border into south korea into the peace house and held talks. that was the beginning of the talks to get president trump together with kim jong-un. president trump said to his aide, that's the picture i want. i want kim jong-un walking across that border meeting me. but he was told logistically, you can't do it to support a presidential summit, which is why it was moved to singapore. but it looks like president trump will get that picture of he and kim jong-un standing there at the dmz. one of them will walk across the border to greet the other one. but in the press conference in osaka after the g20 just before he left here, i said to the president, if this meeting with kim comes together, would you be willing to step across the border into north korea? he said i would fe

north korea the joint security or the j.f.k. the famous as promised diplomacy by tweet got a result. meeting with him. kim the north korean leader kim jong un and now we're seeing a press gaggle surrounding both leaders it was very brief let's bring in but james bays our diplomatic editor james as we watch this press scramble happening surrounding both leaders the the secret service agents having a very difficult time keeping everybody back you're seeing the same pictures james president made the point that they they met and liked each other from day one and underlines the point that you were making about this could be a relationship between both men james. and i think it sums up president trump's way of doing business it is a personal and transactional way of doing things and it's the way a property businessman does things and that is how president trump is doing this as president the way he ran the trump organization it is interesting to see something like this whether this was quite says spontaneous as president trump is makin

and he is a key player in reestablishing communication and traveling to north korea to help cure the release auto war auto. >> next to him we have doctor, he she is a professor at the university of department of international studies, conducted extensive research on the north uk lights. previously served as a director of security and diplomacy center. an independent think tank and he spent time prior to that as a visiting fulbright scholar at george mason university, not far where i grew up in northern virginia. thank you doctor kim. we have not, another diplomat, joy, took over as the director of the cree desk at the state department. assumed after serving as a minister counselor for academic affairs at the u.s. ability and soul. we are very happy to have her with us and before that she served in china around the world and also close my heart was a former newspaper writer and she knows all my tricks and she's on the record today. this the big crowd and being broadcast. finally we have doctor, senior research fellow at the institute in korea. they served as the president of the k

-north korea relations. reporter: the president went to the observation post which is a few hundred yard away from the peace house. we have seen the famous pictures of the blue buildings where officials from north and south korea could get together to discuss cross border issues. that is where president trump and kim jong-un and moon jae-in will meet. it's where all of the american presidents go when they go to visit the dmz. most of american presidents pick up a pair of binoculars and look across the dmz. president trump chose not to on this particular visit. but where he's going now is the dining facility where he's going to meet with some of the service members who are posted along the demilitarized zone. both american and south korean soldier. you will use relic collected over the years, then he'll travel to the area where the peace house is to meet with kim jong-un. in terms of what might come out of it other than the president getting to see the dmz is maybe some relationship building. if there is noth

and north korea and thirdly i think it's very important to understand. which sick notes china sense of what's going forward with this meeting especially when it comes to the has and the role that china will play in solving this issue what about north korea what is important in this meeting for north korea i think for kim jong un it will be very important to get the support from beijing for opinions vision of denuclearization as we all know there is no commonly agreed understanding and definition between the u.s. and north korea of what denuclearization actually means and how it is basically the objective should be achieved in the sense of a road map there is no common understanding and divisions are pretty far away from each other so for one it will be to get the chinese support for their processional understanding of denuclearization the step by step process in which sanctions relief or at least partial sanctions relief are. an important objective for the north koreans you mentioned the sanctions and we should say that of course china is north korea's l

citizen right now the united states government won't let me travel to north korea to actually speak to the north korean people and part of the impetus behind the travel ban for the d.p. r. k. and for cuba is is to prevent people in the united states from actually experiencing an understanding korean culture and what and what the people in north korea are like firsthand or you know it's to prevent your you're your neighbor your uncle or you know whatever your coworker from traveling there are so that and then they come back and they say well let me tell you let me show you pictures and let me show you videos of what it was actually like and what my experience is like and so the because really if you think about it most of the lies that they tell about north korea are really true things about the united states so for example the idea that they're all only subjected to. propaganda that demonizes everybody else well that's actually what we're subjected to. and you know the idea that they're like a hermit kingdom and so secretive but it's actually our government that won't let us travel the

and north korea. at that time i tried to convey a message to my friends got a window of dialogue should be kept open to north korea while maintaining our petition. i believe that the pressure without dialogue was unlikely to change their behavior. september, 2017 the second strategic forum was held during an exceptionally dramatic moment. only two days before the scheduled date of the form, north korea tested a nuclear weapon which they claimed it was too early for us at the time to be sure if a detected nuclear weapon was really this bomb or if the test had been successful. the delegation tried to deliver a message that peace should be the top priority in any case and that it was time for the u.s. to engage north korea to stop their provocations. but for the trump administrati administration, it was still an option and tension between the u.s. and korea escalates until the games in february the following year while the foundation agreed for the forum to be held in the summit when it would take place

border between the 2 allies is weighted with such excitement most of the exchanges between china and north korea happen here the friendship bridge across the yalu river 70 percent of bilateral trade passes here between dandong and the north korean city of sin nature .

and potentially reinvigorate peace efforts waiting for him the other side of the line separating north korea and south korea kim jong on a handshake on the 3rd meeting and then. trump became the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to step on to north korean soil. the 2 then walked back into the south underdressed reporters stepping of course that was agreed on a lot of pressure. a lot of friendships and just didn't particularly a great friendship so i just thank you very much notice that i want to thank you chad i believe looking at this action this is an expression of his willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and begin a new future. then what sounded like an invitation that would invite him right that way that. the 2 leaders of nations still technically at war a peace treaty was never signed when the korean war ended 66 years ago then went to what's known as the freedom house on the south korean side of the d.m.z. that is cool because here i've always wanted to meet you at this place as a symbol of the separation of the north and the south and a reminder of the unfortunate past meeting

president that that is met and gone into north korea meeting the leader of the north korea at the dmz. that happened about four hours ago. we're going to continue our live coverage coming out of seoul, south korea. again, we expect the president to be making comments shortly during a left-hand side of your screen. for now, a short break. we'll be right back. we'll have more breaking coverage coming out of seoul, south korea. ♪ protect your pet with the #1 name in flea and tick protection. frontline plus. trusted by vets for nearly 20 years. now buy your family three blue diamond almond breeze products and receive a free toy story 4 movie ticket thanks mom. sfx: slurping see disney-pixar's toy story 4 now playing. rated g blue diamond almond breeze now playing. rated g bill's back needed a afvacation from his vacation. an amusement park... so he stepped on the dr. scholl's kiosk. it recommends our best custom fit orthotic to relieve foot, knee, or lower back pain. so you can move more. dr. scholl's. born to move. with advil liqui-gels, what stiff joints? what bad back? advil is... reli

and the united states, is right now unacceptable to north korea. whether it's verifiable denuclearization, forward deployed, north korean forces along the dnc, it's not what the north koreans want. but the reverse is true as well. what the north koreans demand are not necessarily what we're ready to give. we've suspended the u.s. military exercises but we're not ready to give relaxation of sanctions. and not ready to give u.s. sanctions and call forces down. i think that's the difficult ahead for us. >> thank you. yeah. for the full panel, just summarizing their perspective what has happened and where we are and what we can expect from here. it seems what we've seen and shurnc experienced in hanoi and early perspectives. it takes four months to settle down. just now in the middle of june we see some activities resuming, exchange of letters, beautiful letters between trump and chairman kim and visits to pyongyang. next week, we will see president trump in seoul. again, have we seen what has been talked about and discussed or happened in hanoi receive

get smuggled into north korea from china, i've been to north korea. generally the control of information is absolute. people have been living so long under the l totalitarian system that they believe the propaganda, they are -- they may know it's false but they don't have access to alternate sources of s information. so that is -- they are processing the information that they are given. and what they have been given is that north korea fired missiles that it f decided to ramp up it nuclear program and after it fired missiles extended the range of its missiles, carried out a number of nuclear tests. the president of the united states, the most powerful country on earth, came begging. there was a recent exchange of letters. president trump said that he received a beautiful letter from kim jong un on his birthday, and that letter prompted president trump to respond in kind, sending hkim jong un a letter. and that letter diplomacy may in fact have set the groundwork for what we're seeing right now. inside north korea, however, it was not portrayed that wa

this is deja vu news live from berlin china's president xi jinping arrives in north korea for the 1st time ever the leaders of these 2 countries have met several times before but with ties now strained and north korea's kim jong un will take up the stalled talks on the north's nuclear program also coming up. we speak to the author of a un report on the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi last year she says there is quote credible evidence that saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin saw monk was behind. close at the women's world cup in france some acrobatics goalkeeping by japan was not enough to tame england the lyonnesse was put on a dominant display to secure their spot in the last 16. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us chinese president xi jinping has arrived in north korea for his 1st state visit their talks with host kim jong un are set to center on jiang ings nuclear weapons program a summit earlier this year you will call between kim jong un and u.s. president donald trump ended without any agreement and china then backed sanctions on the north so ties are curre

you got the north korea issue. you know, what do you say to either constituents or people in korea or around the world who want to compare and contrast between two cases and/or the messages that we're sending with our actions towards iran to the north koreans and vice versa? >> i think we did -- whether you like the jcpra, the iran nuclear deal or didn't like it, i think we did irreparable damage to our ability by reaching a negotiation by one administration inking a deal and the other administration pulling out of the deal. if you're chairman kim sitting in north korea you have to pay attention to that. you say okay if we agree to something, a new president comes in and they may toss it out. our word has to mean something. again, this is where congress is so important because, again, congress is going to be here for the long haul and why, if i were to give the trump administration a piece of advice and i have lots of advice, but if we're dealing with iran involve congress in this decision and let's not make this pa

and north korea. a third north korea-u.s. summit and the timing of that, really that would depend on what kind of change today's encounter will bring about. but we have expectations for future developments obviously. the last portion of your question related to yongbyon nuclear complex and whether if that is completely dismantled with sincerity then that would mean irreversible denuclearization, or the beginning of an irreversible denuclearization from the part of north korea. so if those types of actions are taken out in sincerity then a consideration of the international community for sanctions relief could happen, i was giving you a context or a background to my thoughts. >> -- this afternoon. however, as i mentioned, the focus of the dialogue today will be the dialogue between the united states and north korea. and of course president trump and chairman kim will have a reunion and have subsequent dialogue, and i hope and i do believe that this is vastly significant for the dialogue that will follow after the meeting today

>> in north korea?art of what's going on is donald trump is forming a personal relationship with kim jong-un which in many ways is unprecedented the history of north korea relations. is the first sitting president to go to north korea. it's the showing that we don't necessarily need china in order to negotiate with north korea. this is one of china's ways of inserting itself into the u.s. security situation in east asia. in order to get to north korea you have to go through us. >> and do you think there was a phone call or communications may have been between president xi jinping and kim jong-un saying do this? >> there could have been. at this point there appears to be enough personal rapport being built between donald trump and kim jong-un that you may not need xi jinping at all. >> while some of the presidents critics are saying it is too much fanfare, too much lovey-dovey if you will, you are saying it's a good move on the president trumps part to continue to forge this personal relationship because

to face talks since negotiations where north korea's nuclear program broke down in february south korean president moon jane accompanied trump at the demilitarized zone mason ritchie is a professor of international relations and the specialist on u.s. korea relations at university of foreign studies he joins us via skype from seoul good to have you with us so we've seen a very historic moment are you hopeful given all the positive statements being exchanged that this will transpire and something more meaningful than simply handshakes and smiles. honestly i'm not i'll start by saying obviously to jaw jaw is better than war war so at the end of the day i'm glad that kim showed up and . i hope that you know him and. do continue to keep this process going but the thing that we really need to remember is that this is all top heavy i think it's heavily determined by photo ops and theatricality and we don't really have so far as we know this is part of the evidence shows a working level process in which both sides have seen that can honestly negotiate and make serious concessions on a working l

north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out let's. sell obviously very much interest in this possible missing with can talk us through transcend the rest of the day. that's right he has been talking about this potential meeting but there's also been talking about the trade deals that he has renegotiated with south korea tweeting of the he and moon j.n. of south korea have been toasting this new deal that's been a word of clarification there is not necessarily a new trade deal this is something of a retread it was a trade deal agreed a few years ago between the u.s. and south korea as with many trade deals donald trump didn't like it when it came to office has been renegotiating it and there were some concessions last year but nonetheless he has been talking about trade talking about the success of the g. 20 at a breakfast meeting with himself and his

you have to remember north korea can control its information environment much more than south korea and very limited access. they don't even know there is a chance of a meeting today. the meeting doesn't happen, even a small number of north koreans know it only came close. kim jong moon is under less scrutiny. president trump is already said, if it doesn't happen, i've already gained that out. no skin my back. both moonjae—in gained that out. no skin my back. both moon jae—in and gained that out. no skin my back. both moonjae—in and donald trump, they can play that up as well. what does it mean for moonjae—in? we we re does it mean for moonjae—in? we were talking about that first meeting between kim jong—un and were talking about that first meeting between kimjong—un and moon jae—in but since the collapse of the hanoi talks, north korea seems to be kind of a lot more cold towards south korea. that's right. this is not a surprise that there is a triangular relationship year. what south korea wants to do, in terms of improving inter— korean relations, start with a reconciliation but also

north korea. >> would there have been negotiations, battles between whose flag is taller. you mentioned houts a short drive from the observation post where we saw president trump and the south korean president a short time ago, a short drive to the truce village where we believe the meeting will take prays with kim jong un. we saw the vehicles making the move from the observation post down to where the meeting with kim will take place. anna corin, our colleague is in seoul. describe the tweet by the president that seems to have sparked this whole idea which is now in a short time going to become a reality. how surprised were they about it? perhaps how stressed were they by the prospect of making this a reality and how would the north koreans reacted to that? >> certainly, jim, i think there's no denying that it probably caught everybody off guard, including the south koreans. this is something that the south korean president moon jae-in has been wanting. so obviously delighted. we heard from him s

he's gone to north korea.e was there not long ago putting a little bit of more pressure on the u.s. to make a visit like the one we're about to cena short while. this is all good news for north korea to have arguably the two superpowers in the world fighting for your attention. this is not the position that north korea was in a couple of years ago. >> i want to bring in victor cha former director of asian affairs and msnbc korean affairs analyst by phone. victor, thanks for being with us. as we discussed the many developments, shall we say, in the last hour or two through the announced confirmation of the president that he will be meeting with kim jong-un, albeit for a brief amount of time, what do you expect from this, victor? >> well, i don't really expect very much. best case scenario this is an effort to reset after the failure of the hanoi summit in february. but the worst case, more likely, that this is just a photo op that only further legitimizes the north korean leader and the fact that he holds nucle

in essence, to stop talking about north korea and start talking to north korea.t was done for reasons of domestic politics, of personal vanity, maybe he's determined and i think he is to look at north korea as a signature issue of his presidency. it is his ticket into the history books. it is his ticket to a nobel. it is a way to separate himself in such a fundamental way from all of thinks departures, 30 years, administrations and presidents have tried everything. sanctions, cooperation with our military allies. and on two occasions in 1994 and 2003, serious diplomacy in which north korea committed itself to denuclearization and yet we find ourselves in 2018 with chairman kim basically saying his nuclear program was complete. he has ballistic missiles that can hit the continental united states. and anywhere from 15 to 60 deliverable nuclear weapons. so i think this is a critical signature item in the president's diplomacy. and it may well be that there is a window that kim, in fact, senses, that trump going into an election campaign, there is an opportunity to t

this is in the demilitarised zone between north korea and south korea.20 yesterday. you can see he is accompanied by president moon of south korea. he has been meeting people from the american military in the region and he is presumably there with south korean troops who are also involved in overseeing this particular part of the area between north korea and south korea full stop he tweeted out an invitation to kim jong—un saying come and meet me for a quick hello and as yet... no sign of him. we don't know if that invitation has been formally accepted. we think the timing are going to be tight on this as we heard from our expert earlier. perhaps a meeting between those two leaders are unlikely at this stage but don't rule anything out. we're not exactly he was moved indoors because he was at vantage point before. now it appears he has moved back into a south korean building to meet those members of the armed forces. we will continue to monitor these pictures. we don't know whether kim jong—un is these pictures. we don't know whether kimjong—un is on his

what is the status of north korea's nuclear ambitions? ? that is one of the issues, we do not know what is going on inside korea. one of the first things the us is going to demand is access to north korean nuclear facilities, a full list of infantry of the north korean nuclear weapons programme. what we are going to see isa programme. what we are going to see is a process of hopefully trust building that will show north korea opening up the programme to inspection. right now we do not have that. this is a world issue, what is going on in the korean peninsular. when you see ivanka trump and jared kushner at a historic moment, do you think it is something to the credibility of what is trying to be achieved? yes, i think the optics of that i certainly not very good. what ido that i certainly not very good. what i do think is if you look at the way president trump conducts diplomacy, it seems to involve his family as well. i do not think the north koreans like it, or the south koreans like it, or the south koreans either. but they have to swal

for north korea.issiles flying over japan. i think you all remember the case of hawaii. you remember that whole situation. you remember guam. you remember what was happening there. the world was a very tense place. i became president, and be we went through a rough dialogue for a while. you covered it very well. but we went through a very rough time. and all of a should be we came together. steve is going to do a fantastic job. he'll be representing us in the talks. and we'll be dealing with south korea, we'll be dealing with president moon and his people. but pretty much the initial talks will be between the united states and north korea. and president moon will be right there. >> what was chairman kim response to your invitation. president trump: we were contacted immediately. i asked hip outside. you want to come over. i would certainly extend the invite. but i mentioned out there in front of the press, i said any time he want to do it. but i think we want to take this down to the next step. and se

the leader of north korea. whether this amounts to anything is yet to be seen but it is a positive step and all took place -- well it all developed over the course of 24 hours or i guess maybe a little more than that, when president trump tweeted he would be dialing to do just this to walk across into north korea and shake hands, with kim jong-un. it is something that president trump has wanted for quite a while. to be there at dmz with north korea's leader today he has his wish. now we should mention that we are still waiting for the president to merge from peace house we expect we are going to hear from a him again, and get his take on what has just taken place there. but it is certainly historic, it has the possibility of bringing about a fruitful relationship between the united states, and north korea, as well as north korea and south korea. but a lot depends on how kim jong-un responds to this overture from the president. gordon, any way to handicap what kim is likely to do here? >> i think the more import

we begin with breaking news from the demille i tarized zone in north korea. president trump was the first u.s. president to step on north korean soil. it was the first time they've heard kim jong-un's voice speaking korean. >> the voice you will hear is the translator. >> good to see you again. i never expected to meet you at this place. [ inaudible ] >> you'll be the first u.s. president to cross. >> you can hear the cameras clicking at that moment as the president crossed over that demarcation line four hours ago taking a step into north korean territory and returned to the south side with kim at his side. after the photo-op and a few shouted questions from journalists, president trump is opening yet another door to another possible summit with kim. >> invite him right now to the white house. >> the leaders then retreated behind closed doos for almost an hour of talk. when they came out, president trump escorted him to the demarcation line. tow today the president declared the meeting was a success and played down north korea's recent weapons test. >> very s

today on the show, north korea and iran. trump's radically different approaches to his two biggest nuclear problems. a friendly meet and greet in the dmz with kim. as words of war fly back and forth with tehran. i will talk to the iranian ambassador to the u.n. and with a great family. >>> but first, here's my take. given president trump's mean spirit and often bigoted attitudes on immigration, it pains me to say this, he is right. democrats might hope that the out of control situation at the southern border undermines trump's image among his base as a tough guy who can tackle immigration. but they should be careful. it could actually work to the president's advantage. since 2014, the flow of asylum seekers town the united states has skyrocketed. last year, immigration courts received 162,000 asylum claims. a 240% increase from 2014. the result is a staggering backlog with more than 300,000 asylum cases pending and the average immigration case has been pending for more than 700 days. it's also clear that the rules surroundin

today at the 38th parallel korea remains divided north and south korea remain technically at war every hour of every day the border guards square up to each other across the symbolic dividing line under the constant gaze of american forces. but because search for information about biological warfare in korea will take him far away from this disputed border. in northeastern china. in the 1930 s. and 1940 s. japan occupied this part of china. inside these brick buildings a division of the imperial japanese army units 731 carried out grotesque human experiments as a result japan became the 1st country ever to perfect the technology of biological warfare. agents in this. scenario to tend. to either to sail with the dead early or well the 93. 100 only all. times are war for the color to mean. the trash the japanese experiments exposed to bare living victims insects or shellfish infected with plague anthrax and cholera while weapons experts created unique bombs to deliver these pathogens to their target during world war 2 japan dropped thousands of these bombs throughout northern china infec

they really hurt north korea. so i know that kim, that was the first thing he brought up, like, we've got to get out from under the sanctions. so i guess the point is everybody has an incentive to make things better, and, i mean, it seems to be moving faster than it moved in 50 years toward some kind of more permanent detente. that's my read on it, but, you know, these are volatile people. ed: hearing the voice of tucker carlson, of course. he has an interview that'll be airing tomorrow, 8 p.m. eastern. we're going to get into that more in a moment, but as we get him to reflect on all of this, we have some pictures of you, tucker, as you join us by phone there at the dmz reporting at this historic occasion i. really is breathtaking to listen to you sort of lay out how it all unfolded. and i want to tell you that as you were reporting, a high official who shall remain unnamed in this administration just texted me that this person cannot imagine the fear of our secret service agents as that played out. as you report

it's the dmz, between north korea and south korea. there's video of the president leaving the dmz, one of the look-out points. if you heard at the top of the hour, he was talking about the importance of the locations. the importance of president trump being there. and seeing this. and as well, how the conditions have changed over time. so, the president now, at the dmz, he will meet now with u.s. and south korean troops that are stationed there. close by. and then, we believe he will finally meet with kim jong-un at some location close to the demilitaryized zone. he confirmed it would be happening in a press conference about two hours ago when he was standing next to moon-jae in, you can see, he is not going to be necessarily in the meeting with kim jong-un, but here for the visit. the president spending 10 or 15 minutes there. and the timing thoughs has been what has been stretched out throughout what is their arch on a sunday and our early eastern time, 2:00 here. 2:00 p.m. sunday in south korea at the dmz and it's relevant to ameri

what is that new, that ideal new future from north korea's perspective? >> reporter: the north koreans certainly do want to develop their economy and that's something that president trump spoke publicly about and claimed he spoke at length with kim jong-un inside freedom house for around 50 minutes, talking about the economic potential of north korea, which has been his message repeatedly at the hanoi summit, the singapore summit and all the timing between, even when diplomacy stalled. but that still exists is this huge gap between what the united states wants north korea to do, which is to give up the nuclear weapons starting now, and what the north koreans have said they're willing to do, which is they want a very long-term kind of step by step approach and that doesn't change, despite the groundbreaking moment and the steps into north korea and all the history. there is a huge distance. so they might be restarting working level talks within the coming weeks, but that's really been where things have broken down. topdown things have gotten along well betw

lee had been working with closely to halt north korea's north korea program. on trade the only point of potential contention on the visit washington was still not moving to rat few a pretrade agreement. mr.obama wanted to get it done, acknowledged, there is obviously a concern in the united states of the incredible trade imbalances that have grown in the past few years. a little bit of past is pro logged. let's look back, that was 200ed this is then. had you responsibility over the broad swath of every facet of the relationship. you're now deeply in the middle of this, where are we on these key issues? where have we come in the last 10 years, where are we today. >> mark, thank you very much. where did we come, we are going down memory lane, i am going back further. i want to say congratulations, and corey foundation for this extraordinary collaboration over the last 10 years. praise to victor, well deserved. i noticed in the photographs what has happened over 10 years, you have a few women here and working in korea. it's going to deepen our expertise and dialo

and north korea. that begets the fire and fury moment. but south korea sent home otto warmbier close to death. but he claims that things changed when he came to office. the two sides are speaking, that has changed. where do the discussions go and the president appearing to say that this outcome of this bilateral with kim jong-un, is at least an agreement to get the working level teams back to talking again. >> a historic moment was made. a unique and historic decision was made by president trump to make this possible today. through today's meeting, the denuclearization, as well as the accomplishment of peace, that process on the korean peninsula. i believe we have just overcome a hill in that process. so, the 80 million people on the korean peninsula have been given hope thanks to today. as was mentioned by president trump right now, there will be a designated team of people, so, in the future we can take a big step forward. >> the initial plan had been for trump and i to co-visit the o.p. thanks to president trump's propoepr propos propos

south korea and north korea south korea and usa we worked. and progress on trade as well. and the pacific ocean and south korea and the usa agreed to. work in the pacific ocean region as well. and. all manner. of safety is essential. so. i. praise. from. u.s. president for restraint approach to the crisis in the ormond gulf. and the south korea and the usa alliance partners. and on the on the basis. on the basis. partnership we will work to get. and the u.s. and south korean alliance really be strengthened going forward. and mr. president trump. is is the main instigator in terms of a peace process on the korean peninsula and once more i don't keep my appreciation to mr. trump for his visit to south korea and i keep my things to donald trump thank you can send you down and how many you have to look from time the next from. a speech just going to make a very short statement because we're going to the d.m.z. voter and i've been meeting with chairman kim i look forward to it very much i look forward to seeing him develop a very good relationship. and we understand each other

the border with north korea with the leader of north korea as j.n. said in his opening remarks there in very flowery terms talking about the flower of peace blossoming on the korean peninsula and all stemming as he put it from a tweet on saturday morning indeed robin so i mean this is clearly ordered south korea's interests and so do you feel like south korea has been getting involved in trying to mediate and make the sneezing happened this morning. i think there's nothing to be lost by either side in this beating happening it is obviously both in the interest personal interest of donald trump and also kim jong un and moon j and of south korea would see it has further advancing the stalled dialogue as south korea or moon j.n. his credibility has taken something of a hit ever since the failed summit in hanoi to certain extent it seems north korea has been blaming moon for maybe raising expectations for not getting the the american side enough on board and so snowe south korea will be looking for some way of moving this forward and one of the constants