there are thousands of north koreans that operate on north korean sites. and the importance of that is that the u.n. says that this is one of the main ways that north korea funds its missile program and its nuclear weapons program. but russia denies undermining international sanctions saying it stands against pyongyang's military ambitions and supports u.n. security council resolutions calling for north korean nuclear restraint. the money these workers earn end zone russian officials is a form of direct aid, keeping north koreans alive. >> the money is used to assist people who live in north korea to survive because they do experience economic and social problems. i cannot imagine a situation where you may color this money and say this money go for the nuclear program and that money i do not know in japan go somewhere else. >> reporter: russia it seems supports efforts to isolate north korean tregime, but also helps to keep it afloat. matthew chance, cnn, st. petersburg. >>> president trump hit the campaign trail again on saturday. he will be in ohio where

it's the word that the north koreans chose back in the late 1980s, early 1990s when they didn't have r weapons, but the united states did have them on the korean peninsula. so when the north koreans talk about denuclearization, what they mean is a process by which relations are improved and some day in the future, maybe for example like president obama's prague speech, you know, we get to a world in which we won't need nuclear weapons any more. so denuclearization is about putting improvement of relationship first and disarmament second, maybe never. the united states has always criticized that, arguing that what we want is disarmament and an actual dismantlement of the facilities. the idea is we need to do that first and then the relationship gets better. so you real have i this fundamental difference of opinion about what is supposed to come first, the disarmament or the improvement of relations and simply saying the denuclearization of the korean peninsula doesn't really help us do much more than just paper over that. >> well, in terms of getting on the road to a better relationshi

one south koreans and three north koreans make up this basketball squad to asian games which start on saturday will see united korean teams in three further events as well. although we've had our differences in our past i think it's about time that we present the differences and try to pursue peace together so i think it's a very meaningful thing that both sides are able to get together and represent the korean peninsula as one instead of two separate flags so i think this is something to rejoice so to certainly is the team's success here in jakarta they thrashed their hosts. but for those involved this united front is less about the score than it is about the message. it was an honor to become the first unified korea team coach in history and i'm glad we won the first match so i think i'll play is all think the same thing. very few north koreans have the chance to support the united team is here in indonesia inside and outside the country that travel rights tightly restricted by kim jong un's regime the south koreans who are here have a privilege and a dream that one caught it all on

that's not acceptable to the north koreans. and they also want a peace treaty formally ending the korean war. we've been saying for a couple beaks. north korea's foreign minister reiterated that over the weekend and blasted the state department, saying that the u.s. state department's stance post summit is not helpful, is not helping them build confidence and could derail the denuclearization talks, but he also praised president trump, saying president trump has a vision, the north koreans believe in that vision, and my source telling me the north koreans want to sit down face-to-face with trump. so, now you have john bolton saying that a meeting could happen, maybe at the united nations general assembly next month. we just don't know. they probably haven't set a date or time yet, according to the trump administration. but it does seem the north koreans feel they're going to get a more favorable deal if they're face-to-face with trump, than anyone else, including secretary of state pompeo. >> will ripley, thank you. >>> investig

it has been revealed that a us diplomat handed a letter for the north korean leader, kim jong—un, fromay. i was joined earlier by scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, to discuss us and north korea diplomacy. it's been clear since the summit, andindeed it's been clear since the summit, and indeed since before thejune summit, what the north korean play would be, and that is to flatter donald trump, dissenting giant letters talking about how nice he is and then continue with the nuclear programme, with their missile development programme, and at the same time try to get some type of easing of international sanctions. that's what they are doing. the us strategy, at least at the open level, seems to be, you must com pletely level, seems to be, you must completely denuclearise, and then give no how that will occur because the north koreans have come back and said, we will pull back on our nuclear programme as part of a phased stage process, and you also make concessions. i think the level of the trump administration, you will not get clear signals

didn't directly address that but did say that russia has reportedly started issuing work permits to north koreanenied. we expect the russians and all countries to abide by the un security council resolutions and enforced sanctions on north korea. any violation that detracts from the world's goal of finally fully denuclearising north korea would be something that america would take very seriously. it has been less than two months since president trump and kim jong—un met at the historic trump—kim summit and pledged to work towards denuclearisation. but we are still nowhere closer to figuring out what that actually means. all that mr pompeo has said here at the meetings in singapore is that the timeline, in part, is up to the north korean leader. and until then, economic sanctions on pyongyang will stay. karishma vaswani, bbc news, singapore. it's also been revealed that a us diplomat handed a letter for the north korean leader, kimjong un, from president trump, to north korea's foreign minister at the meeting today. joinging me now to discuss us and north korea diplomacy is scott lucas, professor

the second aspect of the korean -- of the singapore commitment was the recovery of remains in north korea, which dprk officials reaffirmed last month. we are in the midst of exploring next steps as well as discussions with the korean people's army for the express purpose of resuming joint field operations and having additional repatriations. but our mission to search for, find, and account for missing department of defense personnel from world war ii through operation iraqi freedom is one not limited to the korean peninsula. today, 186 personnel from dpa and private partners are deployed in seven nations. and yesterday, 50 of those members returned from laos and the philippines. our global mission is humanitarian in every respect, because the impact of a missing american to their family is not constrained by time or generations. and it leaves an enduring pain and void. this is why former enemies, like vietnam, used cooperation on the pow/mia mission as a bridge to normalization in today's bilateral relationship with the united states. the fact that the united states of america vigorously

that's what the north korean women and kids do. they gave the tear and oppression and hunger, and the price of them to get out of north korea, go to china, what it means is being sold and being raped and being tortured. and even that there's threat of being sent back to north korea and being punished. 300,000 effectors hiding in china, and slaves like myself be bought by eminent and being raped every single day. >> host: was it worth the price? >> guest: yes. i mean, of course. i'm the only one of the lucky ones who made it. so many people paid more in order price than i did and never able to reach what i have here, but, of course. i mean, i have food and diet passport to come to las vegas. what i've told you right now, no one will execute me for this. it's what human beings should be. i would do exactly the same thing if i was born again. i would do everything i could to be free and fight for my rights, and your book "in order to live" you talk about the fact that you thought the kim family could read your mind. >> guest: it's like

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so you let the north korean people know they're slaves and the human rights and human dignity, everything can be respected. but people in north korea fight for that. >> host: youngmy park -- ongoingmy park did you realize you weren't happy as a child? did you have happy childhood at all? >> guest: i honestly i was very happy. i mean, it was -- i was hungry but because i had the very loving parents, that they prioritize everything i was so grateful for but i was very hopeless child because i couldn't see -- in north korea you have your classes and your borne into, your fate is determined before your birth, before i was born, my father said my grandpa, my great-grandpa, made my into my class in this society. and i as a child i always wanted to become more like in the -- so society was so hard and all remember when i looking at north korea is this gray, is no color in north korea. in my memory, everything is gray. that's how my childhood was like. starving and hungry and desperate and scared that even the birds and mice can hear me and that's the first thing my mom taught me, don't even whis

the north koreans saying in the letter if the u.s. n the key sticking point which is peace treaty, this process to fall apart. that means north korea could go back to prior to the diplomacy which is testing nuclear devices. a source told me the u.s. is still not ready to meet north korean expectations in terms of taking a step forward to sign a peace treaty. that is the key sticking point here according to sources. we have been reporting this for a while. the north koreans want assurances and guarantees that kim jong-un will stay in power. a peace treaty that has been in effect since 1953. they want that before they give up the nuclear weapons. the u.s. believes that should happen at the end of the denuclearization process after kim jong-un surrendered his arsenal. this could be back to square one. da dave. >> will ripley, thank you. >>> "new day" is ten minutes away. the one and only john berman joins us. what is going on? >> i heard "new day" is ten minutes away. that is coming up fast. i'm fascinated by the north korea story. we wil

that is the sequence north korean ‘s sea.cessions, they released this japanese tourists over the weekend, there have been significant developments in terms of the repatriation of the us remains from the korean war. then was from both north and south had a chance to meet just about a week ago. —— families from. tell us about the progress that north korea is making, the concessions, is it enough? it isn't quite denuclearisation. so far they have done things that are really reversible, or are not in that core basket of security issues that they really worry about and the us are worried about. with the released japanese man, i think that was the case of somebody lower down having suspicions about a videographer, taking a lot of videos, flagging this guy and going up the bureaucratic chain and when it got near the top people decided they don't want this guy, —— combo taking delicate negotiations. i do think thatis delicate negotiations. i do think that is a concession as such. you just came back from north korea, tell us about you

so expectations were raised that the north koreans were going to denuclearize.hat that meant to us and what that meant to the north koreans. i think this is an opportunity for us to take a step back, to do the ground work that we need to do if we're going to move negotiations forward. >> is it your sense there's an appetite for that? >> i don't think anybody wants to go back to the rhetoric that suggests we're going to have nuclear war with north korea. i don't think that's in north korea's interest or our interest and it points out the challenge of getting china on board so china was helpful early on but now we're in a trade war with china which raises questions about whether they'll help us as we look at trying to put pressure on north korea. >> the other things we're learning, the "washington post" reporting it's not clear how the secret letter got to secretary pompeo but that it was an attempt to avoid disappointments, as will pointed out, for pompeo in terms of the last trip. is there anything concerning about that that we don't know how the letter got ther

security council to add a north korean bank executive and a company to a blacklist that enforces travel bans and freeze assets united states also wants a russian bank and a chinese company hit with sanctions for allegedly dealing with north korea he one has kept sanctions pressure on even their leader kim jong un says he will work towards denuclearization u.s. action is to pay or has called on all nations to keep up the diplomatic and economic pressure it's worth remembering this isn't just an american security goal it is clear. allies within. the denuclearization both agree it is for their own security. i called on them to strictly enforce sanctions including the complete shutdown of the leadership to ship transfers of petroleum destined for north korea we have seen reports that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to north korean guest workers if these reports prove accurate and we have every reason to believe that they are that would be in variation of u.n. security council resolution twenty three seventy five here's government a

malaysia right after they are of the act and therefore helped by the way by the north korean embassy all that. leads them to save all those woman they just stayed in malaysia they continue with their normal lives so this is usually suspects or potential killers would behave. saudis are talking about an extensive conspiracy here why do they believe that kim jong nam was targeted. well you ask officials and equally south korean officials claim that was a political act committed by north korea it is known that kim jong nam was the hop off kim jong un and. by his father and later on kim jong un criticized his younger brother and said he lacked leadership qualities so there wasn't a motive. for him just to kill kim jong nam and also you have to say you have those four north korean suspects who fled the country and the north korean side has shown no sort of cooperation or billing this to corporate in this highly suspicious case and the quick question is if you will ever find out the truth ok it looks like this case is turning into an international thriller sandra rocks so for us in kuala l

coming up a court in malaysia blows the trial of two women accused of killing the half brother of north korean leader kim yong on must precede the women that were hoping to be freed today but a judge says there is enough evidence to support the charges against them. and tracking the movement of animals from space will tell you how the e-commerce project will help us better understand natural phenomena here on earth. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us we start in genoa where rescue teams are still working to pull survivors and bodies from the rubble of the collapsed highway bridge at least thirty nine people were killed when a stretch of the marandi bridge collapsed on tuesday the government has declared a year long state of emergency for the region but with hopes of finding more survivors fading anger is growing over how such a disaster could have happened to debbie charlotte shell some tell reports. as hopes of finding survivors fades the blame game intensifies officials initially pointed the finger at the e.u. accusing it of limiting funding for infrastructure past the focus of

we need to see that approach matched on the north korean front and far more sanctions being implementedea regime and those who continue to do business with north korea including, of course, china and russia. >> jon: we'll continue to watch it very closely. nile gardiner, the director of the thatcher center at the heritage foundation. thanks. >> sandra: governor andrew cuomo and cynthia nixon facing off in a debate ahead of the democratic primary. things got heated. that story next. ♪ this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young m

a lot of people hoped that would have ended. >> the trump administration relieved pressure on north koreans are not sanctioning new companies. north korea changes its front companies all the time, if you don't go after the new ones you allow kim jong un to hollow out the rules. and imposing costs on the chinese and russians for blatant sanctions busting and donald trump referred to the chinese that a rally in tampa. the administration needs to put more pressure on beijing and moscow. if we do that we can see them ending their missile construction and many other things we don't want them to do. todd: let's pivot now to iran. donald trump expressed a willingness to meet with irani and president ronnie without preconditions. are you a fan of this move? >> i don't think it will do any good. it doesn't look like rouhano wants to accept. he does not see engagement as a reward. he sees it as a reward for the adversary and a first step to see if there's any way to come to an agreement. he is the supreme leader, the one that holds the cards in the country so my advice would be if the president will

peninsula means something completely different to the north koreansand he used to send shivers down the spine of south korea because that means north and south korea would have to disavowal weapons. for president trump to make this announcement and think that he'll distract from the serious legal and political problems that he has been in for the last 48 hours, i don't know why he thought that. >> david french. i will pose you that same question, is the president trying to once again distract us? >> i don't know if there is that much method to it. i think he's an impulsive tweeter and occasionally calculated tweeter. who knows what's going through his mind here. i think that one thing that jonathan said and that is important to emphasize is circle back here and reemphasize how much north korea got out of that summit and how little we got out of that summit. one of this things that's really important for people to understand that when you hear things that north korea has not tested more missiles or more bombs. when you tested the missiles and it works

for more of our missing from the korean war the second aspect of the korean -- of the singapore xhirnltcommitment, wa remains of northorea, which dprk officials recon firmed last month. we are in discussions with the korean people's army for the express purpose of resuming joint field operations and having additional repatriation. but our mission to search for, find and account for missing department of defense personnel from world war ii, through operation iraqi freedom is one not limited to the korean peninsula. today 186 personnel from dpa and private partners are deployed in seven nations and yesterday 50 of those members returned from laos and the philippines. our global mission is humanitarian in every respect. because the impact of a missing american to their family is not constrained by time or generations. and it leaves an enduring pain and void. this is why former enemies like vietnam used cooperation on the p.o.w./m.i.a. mission and today's bilateral relationship with the united states. the fact that the united states of america vigorously pursues our missing reflects our values as a nation. this sacred ob

north korean relations improve very rapidly so there may be some truth to this although there are probably other factors at play as well as well you know isn't the real problem the crux of it at least that donald trump signed the deal that didn't have any specifics in it therefore how could denuclearization be happening when there was no plan really. well that's exactly right there is no roadmap the agreement that was reached in singapore in june doesn't have any specifics there's no timeline at when president trump came back from singapore he declared victory he said there was no longer a nuclear threat to the united states by kim jong un has just not delivered anything there was a report recently that when my pompei o was planning to go to pyongyang that the north koreans were going to give a declaration of their nuclear and missile programs and that would indeed be a very good first step of course would it be complete that's another question but my guess is that things just fell through that the united states had no confidence that north korea was really going to give anything maybe pom

on the north korean issue, i am feeling positive. i take ken's point that now that we are in the negotiation phase, there are tender spots. we watch those. we try to negotiate with pyongyang. both in the 90's and the 2000's. we have to be alert to the fact that we may have different priorities in terms of how we perceive the specific threat from north korea. we want to make sure the united states does not get too far ahead on any particular issue and ignore japanese sensitivities, especially to the broader weapons of mass destruction that the north koreans possess. synchronization during negotiations is as important as lining up our troops during moments of tensions. it is wise for us to be alert to that. the second challenge is a challenge, less militarily threatening in the day-to-day consciousness of all of us. that is geostrategic shift being led by the rise of china. i wrote a book about this in terms of japanese reactions to it. japan has felt the pressures from a rising china, because they are more proximate. they are next doo

reporter: what type of certainty you have that the remains the north koreans have handed over to the ericans are that of the missing americans as opposed to other nationalities alongside the americans during the korean war? >> we have a high confidence. >> so in the early 90s for nine years north koreans would repatriate unilaterally remains they recovered. out of those 208 boxes or those five years, we estimated after dna sampling 400 individuals. from that, 200 were americans. so the likelihood you're correct, there may be some of u.n.-sending forces. there may be some south korean soldiers remains as well as chinese and north korean. but our laboratories both dn. and the forensic have the technology and capabilities by which to differentiate those remains over the course of the next several years. reporter: director, i think you mentioned in some discussions with the north koreans about potential future actions, maybe to search for more remains in joint efforts as such as the pentagon and secretary mattis mentioned that. if i am to understand right, the bush administration ended th

the president is not just reversing his north korean foreign policy this week though. ews china has been a big help on north korea. only to claim the opposite yesterday. he tweeted china it has not helped with north korea as much as they were earlier in the year. molly: gillian turner, thank you very much. mike: joining offer more in this we have jim wash, to national security expert at mit security studies program. jim, great to have you. the president says he is not satisfied with progress with north korea. now what? >> now, i think there has been reports that the secretary pompeo has had difficulties when he visited pyongyang. they've not been able to make much progress. i think we can all agree on that. the question is what is the cause? this seems to be two possibilities. one is, as north koreans have done in the past, admitting they are slow playing. maybe the president needs this deal more than they do. and they will take their time. and so, pompeo comes to pyongyang but does make progress because at the end of the day, the north koreans know it's about mr. trump

. >> we are talking about secretary of state mike pompeo met north koreans foreign minister. they discussed their plan to cooperate apparently on the de-nuclearization of north korea. >> pompeo also tweet thad he had the opportunity to deliver president trump's reply to kim jong-un's letter. despite the friendly hand shakes and the meetings they say they are in vials of international sanctions. cnn international correspondent is live from singapore, ivan watson, what are you hearing from, it's not a summit, it's a casual gathering. still an important setting, nonetheless? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, this was a gathering of the top diplomats from dozens of countries, martin, kristi. but you have pompeo coming here and i think we're going to have a fireworks display here in singapore. you had pompeo coming and the north korean foreign minister, they didn't have a bilateral meeting scheduled. butting is pompeo went out of his way to walk across a crowded room to shake hands, exchange a couple nice words with the north korean foreign minister and also make sure a letter from presid

dozens of south koreans in north korea in north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members to bring together relatives who were divided off the korean war maybe seven decades ago the reunion. approved by the two koreas leaders at a historic summit in april and part of a recent thaw in relations. they can finally embrace each other after decades apart. many of them are parents and children brothers and sisters who sometimes struggle to recognise each other after such a long separation. on. sister sister my sister you've gone through so much. and it's a bittersweet moment despite being able to meet these family members who only have eleven hours to spend together. and for these eighty nine elderly south koreans this may be the very last time they can travel to north korea to see their relatives time is taking its toll many have become too old with both koreas technically still at war chances of seeing each other are also rare reunions like this have only taken place twenty times since two thousand apart from the state sanctioned get togethers there is no way to contact each ot

dozens of north and souuh korean relatives meet foo the first time in close to 70 years. the reunion is the first in three years for families selling p- separated during the korean war in the 1950's, working warmer relations between the countries, still technically at war. greece leaves its last bailout after eight years of cutbacks. track, many greeks are still feeling the pinch. and vennzuela braces fofor a rollllout f new money after the off thet cut five zeros crippled currency, part of plan to deal with skyrocketing inflation. during the korean war of the early 1950's, millions of people were pulled apart -- maay of them never to see their families again. but today, just 89 the south korereaas were allowed to enter the north for a briif reunion with thhir lost relatives. sharing photos of theer families and making up for lost time, some 90 families separated by the korean war meet again for the first time in more than 60 years. familiessall spent around 11 hours together, here at a north korean mountain resort. from bothby officials sides, it issthe first event of it

very hard against the north korean regime. very critical to the framework agreement, which was made why the clinton administration. at the time the major player was the under secretary of state. at the time, north korea was really pressed. and leaving it to talk with the u.s., but the u.s. doesn't want to talk without any clear nuclear conditions. north korea's leader, kim jong-il somehow decided to say koizumi was so close to bush and so expecting some economic aid. but koizumi didn't see it without condition. the clarification of objectives. a starting point, north korea first the abductions of japanese ordinary citizens. this time of course, trump administration, a strong show with north korea. for now, showing some room. we never know. the japanese don't know. so some kind of hedge is probably, if things are going so wrong like an agreement over denuclearization is implemented. the north koreans talk with the u.s., and that's ongoing. japan would face anyway japan needs to talk. japan is expected to help economic developmen

the north korean foreign minister is visiting iran.ust as there are froacts previous administration is trying to talk europe into upholding the jcpoa. adam: how should we respond to the north koreans and drop the sanctions? >> i think one of the most of important things we could be doing would be to pressure the rurgses and china on the maximum pressure efforts. adam: we are not best buds with the chinese and with the russians i don't even know where to begin. would it be realistic to go to them and say pressure the north koreans? >> i don't think it would be. we know russia is in bed with iran in the middle east. we are look at those axis powers all working towards a single goal. the most of important thing is to economically and diplomatically isolate north korea. we should hold the limit exercises to show we are in a state of readiness. >> i think the north koreans would probably hold exercises and renew missile tests on their own. but i agree with colonel west. just because the north koreans won't be happy is not a reason for to us

a secret letter from a top north korean official is apparently what led the president to cancel secretary of state mike pompeo's latest trip to north korea. our colleague josh rogin reported that pompeo received the letter from kim yong-chol. a top aide to kim jong-un. cnn confirmed the letter that the denuclearization process was at stake and may fall apart. cnn's will ripley is live in hong kong with the latest. will. >> reporter: laura, this is perhaps the most serious challenge to the still fledging diplomatic relationship with u.s. and north korea since the singapore summit. if the process falls apart and the two sides cannot come to a deal as to what denuclearization will look like, then north korea, as they stated, resume the nuclear and missile activities that created one of the most tense situations with the u.s. and north korea in decades. i want to read you a statement conveying the essence of the letter said. the u.s. is still not ready to meet north korean expectations in taking a step forward to signing a peace treaty. that is the sticking point. the north koreans want a pea

the sense getting from speaking with sources and from even just listening to the messaging in north koreanup president trump as best hope for a deal favorable to north korea. even in statements at the summit over the weekend by north korea's foreign minister, which were very critical of the u.s. calling u.s. action as larm ila saying the u.s. is not living up to the bargain. spirit of the june 12 agreement signed in singapore the they were focusing criticism on the state department. not mentioning secretary of state, mike pompeo, blaming u.s. internal strive and mind set within the administration, conflicting they said, with the grander view of the u.s. president. it does seem, john, they want to meet with trump. they would like to do so according to my source before the midterm elections because they think they can put pressure on the trump administration, to come out of a second meeting with something more substantive, which president trump can use to gain political points had of the midterm. politics north korea all tied together some how. >> we have also heard, you know the administrat

that's the sequence north koreans see.ted later. they appeared to be making concessions, they've released this japanese tourist over the weekend, there've been significant developments in terms of the repatriation of us remains from the korean war. families from both the north and south had a chance to meetjust about a week ago. so tell us a little bit about the progress that north korea is sort—of making, the concessions they're making, is it quite enough? it isn't quite denuclearisation, is it? so far they've done things that a re really reversible, or are not really in that core basket of security issues that they really worry about and the us is concerned about. with mr sugimoto, i think that was very much a case of somebody lower down having suspicions about a videographer taking a lot of videos, flagging this guy, then it went up the bureaucratic chain and when it got near the top people decided they don't want this guy, complicating delicate negotiations. let's get him out of here as soon as possible. that's what we

and north korean state media has stepped up north korean state media has stepped up its rhetoric, beingen calling them gangster like demands to disarm and saying that south korea is complicit in this, especially taking part in sanctions. so there was a bit of worry about what would happen when the two met. when they met, it seems to have been very friendly indeed. the north korean delegate in charge actually said they had reached a point in their relationship where we couldn't cross each other even if we tried. we are now fellow travellers who share the same destiny. and north korean delegate even called for the meeting to be open to reporters. more on that story, of course, on the website. let's return to our top story this power. —— let's return to our top story, those growing fears of an economic crisis in turkey. as you have been hearing, turkey has promised an action plan today to ease the concerns of investors, with help for banks and small businesses. the lira hit a new record low in early asian trading, after more combative words from president recep tayyip erdogan. he used thre

we stand ready to talk when the north koreans stand ready to do so, and we think it can be productive. >> you're also spoke specifically about the president's which cited no progress on denuclearization. >> actually he said we feel they are not making sufficient progress. there is a big difference there. we feel they are not making sufficient progress. there is progress being made. the secretary is not just hopping on a plane and flying to north korea for his health. he's going there to have serious talks. those talks have obviously occurred. many of you have been on those trips with us. in the president's view and in the national security team do, sufficient progress with respect to denuclearization of the korean peninsula was not being made. curious why the ambassador was here in washington. >> i cannot confirm that he was here. i have nothing that picture. i don't why he was here other than he is an important part of the team and has advise the secretary and the overall team on the effort regarding north korea. in terms of our special representative, we are thrilled to have him on

states to lift sanctions in the interim. >> and speaking of russia, pompeo's warning to enforce north korean sanctions, given that russia uses a lot of workers from north korea, will russia listen to that? and what's really going on with that relationship? >> i think it is unlikely russia is going to listen. as i mentioned, russia has been quite vocal for desire for a step by step approach to denuclearization, whereby every time north korea does something, they get something in return, so russia pointed to things that north korea has done, like its willingness to talk. the return of pow remains and more to say okay, it is time for the united states to do something reciprocal for north korea. and i think that vladimir putin's overarching goal on the korean peninsula is to prevent military strike by the united states that could lead to a leadership change in north korea. there's a fear that whomever replaces kim jong-un would be more friendly to the united states and less friendly to russia. we know that vladimir putin likes to see things through a black and white zero sum lens. >> could it be

the north koreans would repatriate remains they recovered. out of those 208 boxes over those five years, we estimated 4-00 individuals. from that, 200 were americans. there may be some other forces, south korean forces remains as well as chinese and north korean. the laboratory have the technology and the capabilities by which to differentiate those remains over the course of the next several years. >> i think you mentioned in discussions with the north korean about future actions maybe to search for more remains and joint efforts as such with secretary mattis mentioned that. if i am to understand right, the push administration ended the program in which the u.s. officials would be helping to search for remains. can you describe what you are looking for from the north that could resume the operations, the join operations and what steps you needed and how close you are to doing that? >> for 10 years we operated between 1996 and 2005. overtime conducting 33 joint activities with the north koreans. security is primarily our responsibility for the

given to him to hand off to the north korean leader later. and so, while there were some of these diplomatic niceties and they were trying to make nice, there was also some criticism. pompeo saying that north korea's behavior has been inconsistent, as he put it, with kim jong-un's commitment to denuclearization, to getting rid of its nuclear weapons, arguing that all these southeast asian countries that were gathered there, that they should continue to diplomatically and economically isolate north korea. and he singled out russia, accusing it of helping north korea evade united nations security council sanctions. take a listen. >> we have seen reports that russia is going for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to north korean guest workers. if these reports prove accurate, and we have every reason to believe that they are, that would be in violation of u.n. security council resolution 2375. i want to remind every nation that has supported these resolutions that this is a serious issue and something that we wi

secretary of state mike pompei o told reporters it's clear the north koreans are violating international sanctions including the complete shutdown of illegal ship to ship transfers of petroleum destined for north korea we have seen reports that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to north korean guest workers pump aoe and foreign minister re on hold greeted each other during the singapore meeting just as the u.s. was imposing new sanctions on to north koreans illegally doing business in russia later accused the u.s. of not acting in good faith in order to build full confidence between the d.p. r. k. and the u.s. it is essential for both sides to take similar taney its actions and phase steps to do what is possible one after another what is alarming however is the insistent moves manifest it within the us to go back to the old far from its leaders intention. some critics of trump and singapore summit in june say the u.s. did not demand enough accountability from north korea and so this new u.n. report really is no surprise many of us

in july and asked repeatedly for north korea to make the big move in denuclearization and the north koreansion escalated. the public spat, this back and forth with the u.s. and north korea. you have mike pompeo and haleni haley and all not living up to the end of the denuclearization. the u.s. apparently told countries not to send high level delegations to the national foundation day ceremony that is scheduled to happen next month. now north korea is coming out with this statement. questioning u.s. intelligence says they are not denuclearization. saying it is fabricated. does that sound familiar? they praise president trump's vision and saying lower levels the government officials are pushing this. we had a source earlier in the week saying it was a strong possibility that everything in the north korean messages indicates they want president trump to negotiate directly with kim jong-un. they feel it will get a more favorable deal in the end. >> fascinating. you have been talking about it for weeks. going straight to the president trying to cut out his team. we will see if it works. there is

our main weapon against the north koreans. china and russia and other countries. so, i think he's finding out that putin meddles in our elections in the united states, blatantly, still doing it. is now violating north korea sanctions. one of the centerpieces of the president's foreign policy. so, you know, pompeo is trying to defend that, i think effectively out there. but it's going to be up to the president to say to the north korea leader, hey, you're playing us. you're gaming us. you're not delivering. and to putin, stop messing in our elections. stop getting into crimea. get out of syria. unless the president does that, these leaders are not going to listen to bureaucracy. >> any idea what was in that letter that the u.s. delivered on behalf of the president to chairman kim? i mean, to your point, do you think anything of what you said you wish the president would say to him was in that letter? >> well, no, i think north koreans love letters. they love these protocols. you saw the first letter that the spy chief brought to

north korea sent the 55 remains of the u.s. soldiers in the korean war.the icbm launching pact, the nuclear facilities, but these are peripheral compared to the actual nuclear dismantlement program. so far i think north koreans are trying to push how far they can push around president trump and see how much room they have because right now they're pretty dire about their economic revival. and economy is not going anywhere, the sanctions are still put in place, they have been trying to struggle the oils and so on. and all these things shows how serious situation they're in on economic terms. so on a political terms, with the nuclear dismantlement program, they're trying to push around and see how much room they have and try to buy more time as much as they can. their number one priority is to get the end of the war declaration, which, i think, you know, should come after they at least give up some sort of -- the list of the nuclear facilities in north korea, the list of north korean nuclear sanctions and so on. there has to be a concrete evidence they are

it was a sole personal effect returned by the north koreans. remains of the 55 cases are well into the painstaking multifaceted analyses by dr. john bird and his forensic science team in hawaii and in the coming weeks dr. tim mcmahon and his dedicated dna specialists in delaware will begin their meticulous testing. the capabilities of our labs will be challenged. in the months and years ahead, they will make identifications from these remains and give families long sought answers. we're guardedly optimistic the 1 august repatriation is the first tangible action of others with which we will be able to account for more of our missing from the korean war. the second action of the singapore commitment is the recovery of remains. we're having discussions with the korean people's army for the expressed purpose of resuming joint field operations and having additional repatriations. our mission to search for, find and account for missing department of defense personnel from world war ii through operation iraqi freedom is one not limited to the korean p

no sections will be relieved from the united states until the north koreans dismantled the nuclear programe not even allowed us into the country to actually see what they have. there has to be a sequence of things that happen to fully denuclearize north korea. and they have not done step one yet. they've done things we appreciate. sending back some of the reported remains of america's war heroes and some of the things but that is not our number one priority. the number one priority is to finally and fully dismantle the north korean nuclear missile program. mike: what would happen if president trump let up sanctions pressure now? >> he would be doing exactly what every previous president has done and who has failed. what the trumpet ministration is doing that is completely different than previous administrations is to say, i am going to continue to pressure as hard as we can. that is why the tough words from secretary pompeo towards china and russia, that is why we are saying this because they relieving some of the sanctions enforcement. that has to stay in place. what we are keeping a plac

took place here in singapore a little bit less than two months ago between president trump and north koreander kim jong-un, but then they have some sharp words for each other, like mike pompeo coming here and saying that north korea's acting inconsistent with the commitments that kim made towards denuclearization and urging southeast asian nations to maintain diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea, going one step further, accusing russia of helping north korea evade united nations sanctions. take a listen. >> we have seen reports that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms and granting new work permits to north korean guest workers. if these reports prove accurate, and we have every reason to believe that they are, that would be in violation of u.n. security council resolution 2375. i want to remind every nation that has supported these resolutions that this is a serious issue and something that we will discuss with moscow. >> reporter: now, there wasn't a formal bilateral meeting between pompeo and the north korean foreign minister, though pompeo went out of