north korea. we are committed to a piece region with north korea as a goal. we have committed to negative security assurances with northkorea. the u.s. and the statement, i can't remember the exact phraseology but agreed not, committed not to invade or attack north korea with conventional or nuclear weapons i believe was the facing. i'm getting affirmation from others who would be in the know in the audience. i would say these are things that we've seen before. that doesn't mean it's bad to read from them now. we are in a good place to do that but that i think just makes this point of the implementation being what matters, the results being what matters all the more important in my mind. >> this is a good segue for the last issue of want to touch on before we opened it up to questions from audience, which is as you think about plan b for if diplomacy also part and obviously you don't want conflict and so what you're left with is the in between space that is deterrence. we've written to support that you can pick up copies outside that thinks ahead at what the deterrence picture might look like. tong, i wanted to get jus

korea, to bring north korea back into the international community to promote communication between north korea and the outside world. to address that north korea paranoia, the best way is to start a good relationship between north korea and the united states. fundamentally transform the relationship. in that regard, the first point in this joint statement is that both countries are committed to a new relationship. i think that is important in the long run. eventually, that will help mitigate their paranoia, gradually addressed north korea insecurity and make north korea less dependent on nuclear weapons in the future. even though he himself might not be aware. >> that is an interesting question and we have seen this reflected a little bit in the recording here about how china has engaged this issue and the narrative is china is increasingly concerned about being left on the sidelines during those u.s.-north korea responses. does this kind of set up, maybe set up between the u.s. and china for north korea's favor going forward. >> right after the news of the north korea-u.s. summit, there was s

north korea. if china wants to be taken seriously as a responsible global power, it cannot shirk its duts to enforce sanctions on serial violators like north korea. and if north korea back slides at any point, china must be tougher on north korea, oil exports to the north o tf korean regime which still flows in every day from china. three, focus on the threat at hand. north korea's nuclear warheads and other dangerous weapons and their delivery systems are real threats. the administration must not fall for north korea's inevitable theatrics and false concessions, as we cannot afford to be sidetracked. after all, nothing would stopped north korea from conducting another nuclear or missile test if it even believes its warheads and missiles need more testing. and, number four, build american diplomatic capability and infrastructure. diplomacy is a team sport, and no matter what commitments leaders make, it is only through a well-staffed and resourced professional diplomatic corps that it becomes a reality. the state department must have the resources it needs to conduct american foreign policy around the globe, and especially with regard to asia and north korea.

korea's nuclear weapons. north korea's nuclear weapons is the symptom of a disease. the disease itself is north korea's paranoia. it's north korea's deep bias towards western countries, its deep distrust towards the outside world. and the fundamental way to address that root cause is to engage with north korea, is to bring north korea back into the international community to promote communication with -- between north korea and outside world. and to address that north korea paranoia, the best way is to start a good relationship between north korea and united states. fundamentally transform the relationship. i think in that regard and the first point in this joint statement is, both countries are committedo a new relationship. i think that's important in the long run, eventually, that would helpate mig north korea's paranoia. gradually address north korea's sense of insecurity, and therefore make north korea less dependent on nuclear weapons in the fute. in that sense, i think president trump makes some good decision, even though himself might not be aware of that. >> so this raises an interesting quest

even though they forgave nth korea's debt they started giving things to north korea. gives north koreaome stuff but it is not nearly at the level that the soviets gave them during the cold war. it is very significant that russia is forgiving their debt and that may be to put their finger in our eye because of what is going on with the ukraine. korean society like society that respects age, what you think the people think of the young leader? >> you're asking great questions tonight. that is an issue. as you know, there are three sons. kim jong-un is the youngest. the oldest is kim jong-un him who was caught trying to get into tokyo disney on a fake slovenian passport. i wish i could have been a fly on the wall. excuse me sir, are you slovenian? yes i am slovenian. the second son, is reported to jong-unrding to kim ill, rumored to be gay. unfortunately, that does not allow him to lead. the third son is kim jong-un. there is another problem with that. overirst son usually takes . all three of the sons are illegitimate. they were born to women both of whom were dancers that kim jong-il me

north korea borders south korea. north korea also borders china. north korean border with china is way longer than its border with south korea. the length of that border, the 23 different road crossings across that north korea-china border, all those things make china acutely interested in north korean affairs. not justs i friendly neighbor but also because china quite desperately doesn't want north korea to suffer some sort of catastrophic collapse. north korea falling apart, war in north korea, an unimaginable korea, anything that might cause the collapse of that weird isolated repressed, poor place, that would produce potentially millions of north korean refugees, which china believes would become their instant problem and one they do not want. so that worry, that balancing act with north korea over that big long porous border they've got with north korea, i think that explains a lot china's attitude toward them. particularly as china's economic rise has created such an increasing contrast between ving standards in china and what peohave to endure in

deal but it was too little, too late. >> north korea performed its first test ever of a nuclear weapon. >> north korea joined the nuclear club in october 2006. >> northuclear bomb and is now a nuclear power. >> under kim jong-il, it was nuclear program on steroids. four tests in five years. >> a seismic event detected in north korea. >> north korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. >> in a rare televised speech on new year's day, kim jong-il officially declared mission accomplished. his nation's decades-long quest for the bomb has been realized. the question is, despite the recent overtures for peace, will kim jong-un give up the prize that his family and his country fought for for so long? man 1: this is my body of proof. woman 1: proof of less joint pain... woman 2: ...and clearer skin. woman 3: this is my body of proof. man 2: proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... woman 4: ...with humira. woman 5: humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible jamage, and clear skin in many adults. humira is the #1 presc

deal but it was too little, too late. >> north korea performed its first test ever of a nuclear weapon. >> north korea joined the nuclear club in october 2006. >> north a nuclear bomb and is now a nuclear power. >> under kim jong-il, it was nuclear program on steroids. four tests in five years. >> a seismic event detected in north korea. >> north korea says it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. >> in a rare televised speech on new year's day, kim jong-il officially declared mission accompshed. his nation's decades-long quest for the bomb has been realized. the question is, despite the recent overtures for peace, will kim jong-un give up the prize that his family and his country fought for for so long? t find t. i'll take you there. take this left. if you listen real hard you can hear the whales. oop. you hear that? (vo) our subaru outback lets us see the world. sometimes in ways we never imagined. gonna make it rain "tre tres". kids 'cause dad's he's saying he's gonna score a bunch of three-pointers on you. yeah, we ball til we fall. there are multiples on the table: one is cash, three are fha, one is va. so what can you do? she's saying a whol

north korea did the first test of a nuclear weapon. >> north korea tests a nuclear bomb and is now a nuclear power. >> under kim jong-un, it was a nuclear program on steids. four tests in 5 years. >> a seismic event detected in north says it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. >> in a rare televised speech on new years day, kim jong-un officially declared, mission accomplished. [ speaking foreign language ] >> his nation's decade-long quest for the bomb have been realized. the question is, despite the recent overtures for peace, will kim jong-un give up the prize that his family and his country fought for for so long? brad's about to find out if his denture can cope with... a steak. luckily for him, he uses super poligrip. it helps give him 65% more chewing power. leaving brad to dig in and enjoy. super poligrip. alicewhich is breast canceratic that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole was significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus letrozole. patients taking ibrance

how can you believe the sincerity of north korea when the refused to clarify the specific timeline and measures in the region? so do you believe north korea because northou ensure you are not repeating mistakes by allowing north korea endless negotiations and try to run out the clock? do you have specific measures? speaks japanese. that was a question about how you will verify denuclearisation. now a question we are getting in corian. we'll see how the foreign minister a nswe rs. we'll see how the foreign minister answers. bear with others. -- bear with us. great to see multilingual representatives with our correspondence. 0k, representatives with our correspondence. ok, so answering in corian. let's go back to what we had a few moments ago in that press conference. from the three representatives. she talked about the substantial progress that had been made but saying that his was a shared goal to see complete denuclearisation, going on to say the alliance between south korea and the alliance between south korea and the united states was as robust as ever. mike pompeo said the summit was a pivotal moment in history. the countries are staying closely co

north korea. to reprocess off your mates or to direct them off were prepared to take some form of north korea actually to keep stuff happens. at that time north korea has referred to me as a war maniac. north korea continue to produce to tell me i'm at the young gun facility and in two nine hundred ninety four announced that it would pull out of the international atomic energy agency. tensions between pyongyang and washington were running high the u.s. considered its options. and one of the things that was being looked at at that point was the possibility of striking north korea's reactor we knew where it was we were the facilities were. and so that was looked at very seriously other things that were looked at were even broader military options. at the white house meeting on june sixteenth defense secretary william perry outlined the possible consequences of a military strike i told him that there would be many casualties in south korea as well as american troops they had almost a million men. massed on the border and those going then were very close to seoul. troll the greater area so has a population of twenty million people all over and al

on the eve of the historic us—north korea summit, donald trump says he feels "very good" about the talks. both he and kim jong—un are in singapore. north koreaa permanent and durable peace. the football world cup gets underway in russia on thursday, with the hosts taking on saudi arabia in moscow. while thousands of fans will travel to the country, billions will be watching around the globe, giving russia a golden opportunity to boost its image, after several recent diplomatic controversies. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has more. a russia's singing grandmothers are ona a russia's singing grandmothers are on a mission to give russia a friendlierface for the on a mission to give russia a friendlier face for the world cup. these bubbly babushkas have penned a world cup anthem. and produced a video to go with it. the message to foreign football fa ns— video to go with it. the message to foreign football fans— mac you have nothing to fear from russia. i won't scare you , nothing to fear from russia. i won't scare you, and says. i will hug you, kiss you, sing and dams for you. russians will leave and smile at you. ahead of the world cu

looking forward for the united states-north korea summit to open doors towards passengers stability of the northeast asia. north korea abounds with rich natural resources. north korea has a diligent workforce. if north korea is willing to take steps towards the right direction, north korea can see a bright future ahead for itself. japan, based on the japan-north korea pyongyang declaration is prepared to settle the unfortunate past to normalize our diplomatic relations and to provide economic cooperation. japan wishes to play the role as much as possible, donald. i value highly your strong commitment to world peace and prosperity. in closing, i wish to add that japan stands ready to make every effort to assist you for the success of the u.s.-north korea summit. thank you. pres. trump: i appreciate it. so, we'll take a few questions. if we can start. >> mr. president, on the subject and i have a question for the prime minister as well. on the subject of north korea how far your willing to go in term of economic security political guarantees with kim. your willing to move down the road to normalize relationships, normalize relations with north korea as the prim

north korea gambit could bear fruit. i am that this north korea gambit could bearfruit. iam not that this north not the crew that thinks this whole idea of an unscripted summit where you don't know the outcome is a disaster. i think there may be some upside to this but in the meantime, trump is enjoying the know, it's not going to happen. yes it is. maybe world peace, maybe i get the nobel peace prize, it is all part of the show. his latest pronouncement on the friday, was to say maybe we will get a peace deal between north and south korea. that will be good. it is like the expectation had been built up and then pulled back down again. would be such a great achievement, given they have been fighting for 60 yea rs, to have given they have been fighting for 60 years, to have a signature on appeaser paper? in the beginning they had raised expectations that north korea would denuclearisation everything would be fine and dandy, until the chinese stepped in. then the russians stepped in. they have been advising kim, don't follow the libyan model, as john been advising kim, don't follow the libyan mod

north korea, we could fail. and then to successfully reduce the threat that we face because the threats from north korea are significant unlike nuclear programs of other countries north korea already has nuclear warheads and ballistic t missiles to deliver th cast a shadow over our allies of south korea and japan and beyond yang in a brutly repressive to torture and kill its own citizens. so we must address the myriad of threats and as it turns out to negotiate with north korea is harder than theso president thought we must continue to squeeze the regime so it cannot access the resources to maintain or expand its military capabilities. after all the combination of direct engagement backed by pressure is the only solution to the north korean threat to the united states and our

all different things which also does not mean the end of north korea's missile programs or the end of north korea's threats or the end of the north korean regime or the end of north korea's nuclear programs so all of these issues are all completely separate and the world different countries in the region and americans we all need to understand these a separate issues and i think everybody just thought that on june twelfth that president trump and kingdom would want sit down and suddenly americans and everybody else would feel safe if well the summit succeeded or if it failed we would suddenly go to war well it's simply not the case but i think the media and gareth you've been talking about this i mean the media's been pretty shameful in the narratives that they've been pushing but that almost has everything to do with domestic politics in the united states and let me go to gareth theory because you wrote written recently on this topic go ahead. well yes of course it's true that the media have played a very nasty role in the run up to this summit really trying to discredit the idea that there could be an agreement that would effec

south korea and in the new peaceful environment they will most likely be withdrawn, so that is a plus for north korea in changing that balance of power in the north peninsula. i think north korea wants more. if you sign a peace treaty, if there is one along the us china north korea, south korea constitution will come under revision. in particular, articles three and four, article three defines koreans are okay territory at the korean peninsula. article four stipulates that south korea will pursue a policy of peaceful unification on the principle of freedom and democracy, a free democracy. that word is maximum, the word free or freedom. so, this will cause friction in south korean society. south koreans will bicker among themselves and this is only plus for north korea because north korea will insist that all of this-- it's concerned with this piece. north korea on multiple levels. they are not one dime mention of encircling a crazy. >> quickly on peace treaty. it's actually one of my biggest fears because we know kim jong-un wants it for the reasons articulated. because president trump even before he came into the office kind of question why do we even need troops there, it's

military personnel based in south korea and the south korean soldiers for the rear likelihood that there could be an invasion or an attack by north korea north korea hasn't seen it that way of course they see it the military exercises as a precursor to rehearsal to attacking north korea so it seems like they will be some very tough questions for mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state who is on his way to solve due to arrive in the next few hours he will meet with president on thursday morning and also with the foreign ministers from south korea and japan and he went hey live for us and seoul wayne thank you very much now i know tangan joins us now he's a china political analyst an advisor to the chinese government on economic and development issues he joins us live from beijing einar always good to talk to you so this seemingly surprising announcement from donald trump that the war games as he call them military exercises let's be correct were going to cease how did that play out in china. well china is delighted i mean the dual track suspension is what they have been saying all along so the they really feel very comfortable with this you'll no

north korea buys time. that is north korea's goal, to buy time. then, even president trump says it will take time. then north korea can drag out the rest of the inspection or drag out everything and wait out the trump administration until they leave then they will see what they will do. mind is no question in my that we are not going to see irreversiblefiable -- we could see what might look like it is headed in that direction. we will never know if it is something successful or not successful until many years down the road. scenarios.he 26 -- definition. >> thank you very much. ,o pick up on these points characterizing kim jong-un as better-than-expected. i think we saw that in 1994 when many including some in the u.s. government saying kim jong-il was a bold economic reformer. have made aeople caricature of kim jong-il been kim jong-un, it undermines the assessment of it by making fun of all the missiles that failed. when they have a successful test, people are surprised. say, why were we told that north korea was an actual threat? well, we have been trying. we have all seen the cartoons of kim jong-un woul

auto warm beer who'd been in north korea was arrested allegedly for taking a propaganda poster off a wall he was held in north korea the u.s. says he was tortured in north korea and three hundred sixty four days ago he was finally allowed to be flown home to the united states in a coma and then he died that was one of the bad moments of a very bad year of relations between the u.s. and north korea in september you saw president trump threaten to totally destroy north korea not only did he say that he said it while other world leaders were gathered around him in a place that should be a place of peace the u.n. general assembly diplomats were shocked that anyone could use such bellicose language and yet in some ways that is one of the things that may well have got us to this moment today this historic moment that's taking place in singapore at the capella hotel on sentosa island a very luxury island in singapore full of five star hotels and golf courses and that's where we're seeing pictures from now where inside we suspect something is likely to be signed very soon and then we'll see at the. end of that the motorcades part first we think the north korean

north korea late today launching a new missile korea has announced it successfully tested a nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile usually this is a miniaturized nuclear warhead capability the world hope north korea would never reach north korea's new missile test is another intercontinental ballistic missile if flew higher and longer than ever before a triumphant north korea says its latest a ballistic missile test demonstrates that it now has the capability to strike. anywhere in the united states. and. the world is shocked by this test but north korea's transformation into a nuclear power should come as no surprise. they've been working towards this goal for decades it's a sophisticated program that got its start even before the north korean state was founded in nineteen forty eight. and. during world war two many koreans were taken to japan a slave laborers so when the nuclear weapons went off in japan during world war two and many koreans had seen those weapons seen the effects knew about it they went home to korea after the war and described it to the koreans in the leadership picked up on the fact that this was a really big deal. at the end of the war korea like germany was divided by the allied powers. the borde

china has not had very good relations with north korea in recent years yes so their main trading partner yes they are the closest country to north korea but north korea really didn't like the fact that china repeatedly in the u.n. security council voted for tougher and tougher sanctions and so chinese north korean relations until this year really weren't that good so there's been a little bit of rebuilding of those relations with kim visiting president xi of china the chinese i think will want to get into this process they will be a bit wary of the north koreans and the u.s. signing things with no chinese involvement remember during the period of the george but w. bush administration there was what was known as the six party talks which started in beijing with a whole group of regional countries involved with negotiating with north korea i think china really preferred that format where they had a seat at the table this is what we call a bilateral negotiation with just two countries north korea and the u.s. and yes china can speak to the north koreans but they're nowhere to be seen here there are only two seats at the table effectively and we di

can reach an agreement with north korea for denuclearisation, north korea has been one of the suppliers of this technology, missile technology to iran. if you disconnect northh its missile capability, whether it is in syria, or elsewhere in the middle east, this is the strategy they are thinking of probably, to disconnect the two. what is important with north korea and which is very important with iran is the status of the economy. the iranian people, what they will do with, whether they bring regime change or not, doesn't matter to the united states, it is the state of the economy which is really dire. such as north korea, north korea needs the money. as someone said not long ago, it's the economy, stupid! thank you all very much. that's it for dateline london for this week. we're back next week, same time, same place. goodbye. hello, good evening, the wettest weather today has been across more northern parts of the uk, big storms in scotland for example, slow—moving thundery downpours with warmth and sunshine we have triggered big towering cumulus like this. we still have slow moving thundery downpours mainly inland across scotland, around the coasts it i

korea overseas labor, and stopping north korea exportation of diplomatic privileges. ions on a north korea overseas labor, and north korea exportation of diplomatic privileges. the issue with maximum pressure is that north korea is not just following the letter of the sanctions to my it is going beyond the spirit of the sanctions. with the president saying what he did on friday with other actions, i think we are -- the -- we are reducing the leverage that the president had with north korea. we are already seeing the report this morning in the "the washington post" about southeast asia. we are already seeing reports about china rolling back some of their sanctions. i would not say that we have to go back to zero, to the zero day on maximum pressure, but every day we allow it to erode, it will be harder and harder to bring us back to that point. one thing i would say is on iran. the issues are interlinked now . because you have an administration that got out of the iran nuclear deal, promising essentially their own version of maximum pressure on iran. unlike with north korea, where we had ma

north korean. and without getting much for super cation but at the same time for the u.s. to pledge to make peace with north korea it essentially puts north korea into a position where we have to see if north korea can take yes for an answer the u.s. hostile policy perceived by north korea has always been the primary stumbling block that they have pointed to with regards to the possibility of denuclearization. is that it naive at this particular moment to think that north korea which has been said that for decades nuclear program possibly it's not tional. sovereignty. and suddenly come now and say we're willing to give to give it up i mean most policymakers and observation in the east asian region no are realistic about the outcome of this talk many of pragmatic considering the summit happening itself to be itself a victory and many are taking a patient kind of stance when it comes to real results and in the press conference by president from we saw the steps that he's laid out for us he's going to send secretary of state might prompt pompey are over and there will be a team that's made up of a mix in the national members as well as american me

north korea's bottom line? what does north korea really want? >> well, northea that's a complicated question but if you're talking about the north korean leader he wants regime survival and recognize the need for prosperity in his country if he wants to hold on to the elite and the military in terms of their commitment to the kim family and also to bring along the millions oforth koreans who live in unmistakable poverty i think he realizes he needs prosperity and the way to get there is through a denuclearized korean peninsula through joining the community of nations through abandoned the enduring isolation that has led to famine in the country, and these are very difficult choices, because his goals are clear, prosperity but the route there may mean giving up some of his power or at least being a lot more vulnerable than he's been. liz: you're making such excellent points the question is kim finally ready to give it up it's also about reuniting the entire peninsula under the single nationalityf the korean s, it's about the s size as the united kingdom slightl

relationship between north korea and china as i mentioned they not only have a very close relationship but china is sometimes regarded as a defender as a protector of north korea even it is north korea's economic lifeline but it all. also stands up for north korea when the rest of the united nations security council want to impose. sanctions on north korea for its nuclear and missile testing and china could be counted on to oppose that until late last year so you know in a sense if this relationship changes then china is going to want to still try and maintain some sort of influence that it has over north korea because in the past it has been able to use its relationship with north korea because it was seen as the one country that sometimes had the ear of north korea regarded by many as a rogue nation so you could use this as a bargaining chip when it came to negotiating deals and agreements with other countries including the trade agreements with the u.s. and if it is going to do that then it will want something in return and many analysts say china the ultimate best case scenario for china really is in a reduction of u.s. military presence probably even the withdrawal of u.s

a commitment by the north koreans to actually remove nuclear weapons, missiles and chemical and biological weapons from their country and allow for south korea and north korea. northso unpredictable and so dangerous that we are going to walk out of the summit here monday night east coast time and when the president is going to say, we have a commitment to peace, a declaration of a peace treaty. and that, without the ironclad commitment from the north koreans, is just going to be an empty promise. >> jeremy bash, we appreciate your perspective. get more throughout the day at nbc news.com and tonight on "nightly news" tonight with lester holt. most of you will stay with us on "sunday today" others will be returned to your regular programming. much more is ahead this morning including our subside >>> clear skies around san francisco. big change in the drizzle and low clouds from yesterday morning. 40s around napa. 43 degrees and 48 in livermore and we'll be watching once again the wind picking up for the afternoon. more sunshine today and trending gusty as we get into the evening. highs today mid-50s, san francisco, mostly 70s inland today and things really start to

think the north korean -- north korea is kim jong-un on an north korea is kim jong-un one. he has identified himself with a nuclear weapons program, with this particular brand of north korea, this modern, young, on the move north korea. nuclear weapons are part of north korea's identity, and kim jong-un's identity. that is why i think it i difficult say tt he is going to give up all of this after having completed what his iandfathertart, to say, am going to start getting rid of nuclear weapons. ms. demick: do you think he could get it -- give it up question mark would he have the support -- give it up? go for economic integration? with the military stand behind him? ms. pak: after the so-called purge, the recent purge of the three hardline military people with moderate military people, i be carefuled to about characterizing any north korean official as hard-line or moderate. poste are our terms thate on to them. they will be hardline when kim wants them to be. the person who met with president trump last three, when he became the united front director, everyone thought he wa

all different things which also does not mean the end of north korea's missile programs or the end of. north korea's threats or the end of the north korean regime or the end of north korea's nuclear programs so all of these issues are all completely separate and the world different countries in the region and americans we all need to understand these a separate issues and i think everybody just thought that on june twelfth that president trump and kingdom would want to sit down and suddenly americans and everybody else would feel safe if well the summit succeeded or if it failed we would suddenly go to war well i'm simply not the case so i think the media and gareth you've been talking about this i mean the media's been pretty shameful in the narratives that they've been pushing but that almost has everything to do with domestic politics in the united states let me go to gareth because you wrote written recently on this topic go ahead. well yes of course it's true that the media have played a very nasty role in the run up to this summit really trying to discredit the idea that there could be an agreement that would effectively den

north korea, —— certainly. if they can reach an agreement with north korea for denuclearisation, north korea has been one of thessile capability, whether it's in syria or the middle east or elsewhere in the middle east, this is the strategy of their thinking, middle east, this is the strategy of theirthinking, probably, middle east, this is the strategy of their thinking, probably, to disconnect the two. what is important with north korea and which is very important with iran, the status of the economy. iranian people, what they will do with whether they will bring regime change or not, it doesn't matter on the united states. it is the state of the economy which is really die. suchis of the economy which is really die. such is north korea. north korea needs the money. as somebody watch —— once said, it's the economy. thank you all very much and thank you, too, forjoining us. that is it for dateline london. we are back next week. goodbye. hello. the weather contrast continued again on saturday. some thundery downpours once more, a few for scotland and northern ireland and northern and eastern parts of england. t

north korea has done before, then i think i would be optimistic. instead, the president showed up and in his usual salesmanship way, he said, there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. northorea has the same number of weapons, whatever number that is and we're not certain, it's got the same production facilities. it's got theuldn intercontinental weapons, same chemical weapons. the threat has not changed at all. >> to follow up on the conversation with jeffrey goldberg, president trump did today tweet about north korea. again in the concontext of the obama administration experience. if president obama, who got nowhere with north korea and would have had to go to war with many millions of people being killed, had gotten along with north korea and made the initial steps toward the deal that i have, the fake news would have named him a national hero. again, it's all put into the context of this obsession with doing everything and obama did. >> it is. there's a legitimate complaint, i think, a krcriticism i make o the obama administration that they didn't do enough diplomatically with north korea. they did not impose the sanctions as fully as they could. they made one diploma

korea, but not for us. north korea is getting an informal gain. we need to get something back. if it is photo—ops, north koreae continue special coverage on this, an historic and unprecedented day, the summit with donald trump and kim jong—un. unprecedented day, the summit with donald trump and kimjong—un. stay with us, live from singapore. hello there. for many days, even weeks now, our weather has been stuck in a rut. long spells of warm sunshine, and just the odd thunderstorm. but, at long last, things are changing. you may not like the change because firstly we're bringing some cooler air in from the north. and then, from the atlantic, through the middle part of the week, we're going to bring quite an active frontal system, an area of low pressure, that will bring some wet and very windy weather, particularly across the north. that will be a bit of a shock to the system. but the changes are already under way. some cooler conditions through the day ahead. quite a lot of cloud around as well. that cloud will break up through the day, so we will see some spells of sunshine. the best of these likely to be fou

north korea borders south korea. north korea also borders china. northrder with china is way longer than its border with south korea. the length of that border, the 23 different road crossings across that north korea-china borderall those things make china acutely interested in north korean affairs. not just as i friendly neighbor but also because china quite desperately doesn't want north korea to suffer some sort of catastrophic collapse. north korea falling apart, war

negotiation will be what to do with the nuclear weapons that north korea already has is north korea ready to give up what they really have or not now the north has always argued that if washington expects it to eliminate its nuclear stockpiles it will have to lead the way it will have to abandon this hostile policy possibly easy going on exactions decrease its military presence in south korea and japan if the united states flexible on any of those two points and the reason i'm asking is because during the previous administrations the answer would have been a definite no but with champ it's not bad simple and it's not that clear i can easily imagine him trying to play that angle to get more concessions or get more money from american allies be it south korea or japan and at the same time solid as a concession to north korea well i think that. flexibility will be the key word for this process for this negotiation i'm not sure how much the american administration is ready to be flexible on this bus for sure flexibility on both sides will be the key word because. usually people focus on the military security aspect of the nuclear weapons so nort