his parents are north korean refugees or were north korean refugees. he was part of the family reunions. he went with his mother to meet his auntie as part of those reunions when times were good. this is a very personal issue for president moon. >> and for many north koreans, south koreans, families were split by that war and remain split all these decades later. when we speak of the prospect of war, and remember not too long ago about the comments about fire and fury. the u.s. has tdone estimates in the number of casualties in the first hours, moments of conflict, 80,000 to 100,000 people dead within the first minute. seoul is just across the border hidden behind us. north korea's very powerful artillery pieces, chemical weapons, et cetera. that would not be a small and surgical strike if there were to be an exchange, even a short exchange of firepower between these countries. >> and it's an important point. 2017 was not that long ago. >> hmm. >> now whether you believe it was the u.s. president that brought us away from those tensions or the fiery rh

i've spoken to north koreans i've spoken to north koreans in north korea and i've spoken to north korean diplomats at the u.n. in new york i'm not sure to be honest having spoken to north koreans in both those circumstances that i am any clearer on what actually north koreans want because every single conversation with the north koreans is so carefully managed when you're in north korea you have minders with you at all times making sure that people do not speak out it was certain certainly clear to me when i went last year in march of last year just before the meeting between kim and moon at this very spot we're watching these live pictures that at that point north koreans have been fed very constant. propaganda about the u.s. and people then were telling me that president trump was a devil and the us were evil it's been nothing quite difficult for the north koreans in terms of their state media to turn their proper can their around because for so many years north korea's existed for 70 years this is that 70th anniversary year. they've been saying the same thing about the u.s. after that

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 speaking at the blue house behind us before setting off for the dmz that if trump meets with kim, it would be a nile stone for humankind. you have to assume it's slightsly overreaching, but it gives you a sense of how important this moment is to south korea. they have been pushing for peace on the korean peninsula and now they feel that there is momentum. obviously, the talks stalled back in february in hanoi and the north koreans were angry with the south. they feel that they are limited as to how much they can actually achieve with the united states. hence, you see the north koreans playing to the south korean, we don't want you to immediate ate on our behalf. we will deal with the americans directly. that puts them in control,

diaspora in china there are north koreans already in china where these women coming from both groups. they're coming from north koreans are coming into china then they're mostly being targeted when they arrive in china and the human traffickers prey on these women and girls they approach them in the korean language with offers of food clothing cetera and because these women can't tell the difference between friend and for for many are deceived by this and we're seeing. about 18 percent of those who interviewed have experienced being abducted or attempted abduction what help is available to these women. unfortunately there's very little help for north korean women and girls who are stuck in china it is against the law to help north koreans in china punishment includes fines on imprisonment not cited the poor north koreans to north korea in violation of the refugee convention the danger of anyone stepping in to press the chinese government as i said before is the response might be to either to clamp down on. internet border trade or increase security to stop nor

we have learned the north korean leader has accepted. there is a lot that can come out of this historic meeting at the dmz. what might it mean for future u.s.-north korea relations. reporter: he's downplaying expectations of what might happen this afternoon. he says it's just a step. in describing it could be a very important step. you have got to go back to what your previous guest was talking about, the hanoi summit where there was heady expectation that kim jong-un was going to put on the table to sort of deal that might get him relief from sanctions. it might indicate a tangible step. he was going to shirt and dismantle then' nuclear facility. this is something south korea was pushing for a long time of and president moon discussed in that press conference. it may lead to the lifting of some sanctions. so kim came to the hanoi summit and put that on the table thinking he was going to get relief from sanctions. but in the run-up to that we learned that something like that was not going to be enough. president trump was going to ask for

president to meet face-to-face with the north korean leader, president trump, on his way from seoul, s wheels up, moments away from landing at the joint security area here the at demilitarized zone at the border between north and south korea, and a short time after that he'll meet with the north korean leader. we learned the meeting would become a reality a short time ago, announced by the president of south korea, moon jae-in. here is the moment he let the world know that this meeting would happen. >>. >> translator: the united states and north korea will be meeting in panmunjom, for the first time in history, the leaders of the united states and north korea will be standing face-to-face in panmunjom, the symbol of division and make handshakes for peace. we continue to communicate and engage with each other in dialogue, we can move towards the best situation. this is something that we'll be able to see for ourselves today. south and north will be able to become confident about peace and the world will provide their support and cheer on president trump and chairman kim with high expec

that is extremely significant for north korean point of view something north korean propaganda is going to highlight the exchange of letters that kim sent a letter to president trump then president trump sent a letter to kim, in north korea only two letters they have heard about is letter from trump to kim they signed the most power person in the world quote/unquote we think of nonetheless honoring kim jong-un. >> judy, this president, president trump i am talking about now, clearly likes to keep people off balance, i mean, you know, this -- who would have thought you know, 24 hours ago that something like this would be taking place? >> exactly. he is the master of the moment he is the master of the media he knows how to dominate the narrative the political narrative of this country, in a way that i have never seen in all my years of covering washington and person politics this is just the latest if not most dramatic example of that ability top totally, totally dominate a conversation both not only here but now in yiin a the rest of it world i was very struck by kim's assertion the firs

president donald trump and the north korean leader kim jong un. just a short distance from here, a couple miles away, what's known as truce village, marking the line between north and south. we're waiting for confirmation the meeting is happening. it was brought up yesterday by the president in a tweet. we're told now by the president himself in public comments that the meeting is in the final stages of preparation. in fact, just moments ago he said he was positive or at least hopeful the meeting would take place. have a listen. >> i've been told that kim jong un would like to meet and looks like they're in final stages of working out a quick meeting because i'll be at the dmz anyway, the border. i'll be at the dmz. and i look forward to saying hello to him if that all works out. i guess there's always a chance it might not. but it sounds like the teams would like to have that work out. >> u.s. presidents have come to the demilitarized zone before. president obama did. president george w. bush. clinton. reagan before him. but they have never come t

korean army. on the other side you have the north u korean army. and then critically artillery pieces. thousands if not tens of thousands of north thkorean artillery piece that's are buried into there mountains. and those artillery pieces are pointed at south korea. so when you go there, you don't necessarily see lots and lots of troops. you see mountains. but when you get a briefing, the military commanders, because all of these sites have been thoroughly mapped, thoroughly surveyed from the ghair, the military commanders willai tell you that's where the north koreans have the biggest concentration of missiles. that mountain is also fortified. there are also tunnel networks that were set up, bunkers that were set up. you're talking decades, of fortifications that have been put into this tiny area. in some places it's been called the most dangerous tripwire in the world because a wrong step here could cause a very, very quick and very dramatic escalation of military force because you have theve north koreans withyo all of their weapons on a hairtrigger on the north -- just on their side

had pictures from the north korean side i think we're only getting a perspective from the south korean side because this is been so hastily arranged james we'll come back to you when we can and please do jump in if you see the live see on your live pictures which we can see here if you see the handshake we'll come back to you in the meantime let's cross over to mason richard he's a professor of international relations and a specialist on u.s. korea relations at hancock university of foreign studies or joins us via skype from the south korean capital mason so just talk us through from your perspective the significance this of of this handshake of the south korean president moon day in called the handshake for peace what does it mean. it's the eyes i'm a skeptic about this version of the way the diplomacy is taking place so i think if it's possible i think it's historic obviously a sitting u.s. president meeting with. chairman kim the leader of north korea. is indeed historically unprecedented if he were to step it were to step over the military mark asian line into north korean territor

even north koreans said they would denuclearize. their idea of denuclearization is moving towardses the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. we're not getting there very, very quickly at all. >> it's interesting, that tend result, that the trump administration has accepted, north korea as a nuclear state. it is drawn out under conditions that north korea has not taken steps to curtail its program. is that a result of the trump administration's north korea policy? we'll be watching. ambassador, good to have you. we'll be back on our coverage of president trump's visit to the demilitarized zone and his meeting with the north korean leader. we'll be back after this break. can't see what it is yet.re? what is that? that's a blazer? that's a chevy blazer? aww, this is dope. this thing is beautiful. i love the lights. oh man, it's got a mean face on it. it looks like a piece of candy. look at the interior. this is nice. this is my sexy mom car. i would feel like a cool dad. it's just really chic. i love this thing. it's gorgeous. i wo

be talking about it is exactly because of sanctions that the last meeting between the 2 leaders north korean leader. trump that it came to nothing talks ended 2 hours early and afterwards this is politically quite depressing because there was this completely nothing that came out of that. as for north korea they have got the coup of getting a sitting u.s. president on to their land the 1st ever time what else what do they want to hear well donald trump said the north koreans want to do sanctions to be lifted the completely and he said that there's there's no way that that is going to happen and now the north korean foreign foreign affairs minister came out and said no we are asked that we asked for sanctions to be lifted partially and that the united states demanded something extra. to denuclearization to to go ahead and begin lifting sanctions which he said is unacceptable this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the united states all these speak clearly to the fact that the world dream of the united states to bring us to our knees by means of sanctions and pressure has n

could convince the north koreans to do the very thing that keeps the north koreans in power and that is talk about whether or not they could give us this very critical nuclear weapons program that has kept the kim regime in place for decades. >> and then just looking at the videotape as it was happening, whether it was the slow walk to the dmz line, the crossing over, it all looked fairly smooth sailing. but cameras also caught a moment with the new white house press secretary that didn't look so smooth. it looked quite rough and tumble, in fact. so describe for us what happened. we see her kind of pushing, ms. grisham pushing but we don't see outside of the camera view. what was happening? >> yeah, i mean, it's remarkable from what i understand talking to a source on the ground there. the north koreans were pushing and shoving with the americans in terms of getting in place to cover this spray as we call it. this photo opportunity of the president and kim jong-un. and at one point, according to a source involved in all of this, there was a, quote, all-out brawl and a bit of a scuffl

it appears that he has said good-bye to the north korean leader at the border, escorted him there, and is now walking back south. there he is back in frame. let's listen in. >> let's go inside. >> president trump there with the south korean president, moon jae-in. you just heard him say, "let's go inside." we should note that when trump and kim were meeting, moon jae-in, the south korean president, we do not believe was present. it's possible that president trump wants to give his south korean counterpart an update on the talks that went on nearly an hour, at least 50 minutes alone in a room, the north korean leader and the u.s. president. but we just saw president trump escort the north korean leader back up to the border and across the border as kim jong un returning home, president trump then walking south with the south korean president, back into the same building where trump and kim had met for those

united states sanctions against the north koreans? >> reporter: so, north korea is famously the most sanctioned country on earth. it is cut off from the rest of the world. when you are there, in north korea, it's very hard to get goods from the outside. it is -- they've had periodic severe famine, only the elite have access to any kind of consumer goods. desperately poor country, partly because political and economic systems are broken, partly because under terrible sanctions. they do fight against the sanctions, smuggle oil and other products, food, coal, some going up to russia. but sanctions have made a hermit kingdom, a poor hermit kingdom. but the kim family has long been immune from that and there are very few resources in the country. you have control of the resources there. you can distribute it to the military. to the inner circle. you can use that to make sure that the people around you a are -- you are the only one putting food on the table. it is a place where -- it's unlike anyplace on earth because of the political system

the north koreans want sanctions relief. nt the economy to be free from the chains that the trump administration placed on it and successive u.s. presidents applied. and the trump administration stuck to it that north korea give up their nuclear weapons before sanctions can come off. neither side has moved from those positions and so, talks have ground to a halt. there's little indication that working level talks were still ongoing. and working through the difficult issues. unfortunately what i think we are about to see before us is with a is left of the negotiations. >> i want to do hans nicholls. hans, get us up to date in terms of what we know right now. what he is doing and what he plans to do the rest of the day. he did say, he is going to have a handshake or photo-op with kim jong-un and what we know about it. >> that meeting should be taking place right now. he said that he would be meeting in four minutes. the white house has not been forthcoming with the details of when and where the meeting will happen. the north ko

the north koreans don't want to talk to the south koreans. at we saw two days ago was north korea propaganda go after seoul saying get out of the way. we north korea want to talk to president trump. moon understands he has a limited role. he brought the two together. but after that there is very little the south koreans can do to push this peace process forward. jon: when president trump says he has talked to chairman kim about the economic miracle that could occur in north korea. when he points to the miracle in south korea, is that effective for kim jong-un? >> i think kim jong-un doesn't want that. we have seen the policy of the kim family is not to have -- --t to have prosperity in the north. the kim family is extremely jealous. what this does, president trump's video, it talks to the north korean people saying look this is what you can have, thand that is very effective in putting kim jong-un in a difficult position. i am sure that's part of the process of thought in the state department and national security council when they thought of

i do not think we will a working level talks unless the north koreans are ready to do that. up with some sort of symbolic gesture to start this and north korea needed to say we are ready on the technical side as well. a lot of pressure on president trump and kimjong—un a lot of pressure on president trump and kim jong—un but we a lot of pressure on president trump and kimjong—un but we cannot ignore the roles that china and south korea played. it is easier to understand the south korean role. a much more open society and president moon jae—in is very keen for progress between the us and north korea and he helped again to broker a meeting, as it did with singapore into thousand i8. as it did with singapore into thousand 18. donald trump cancelled that at the last minute and it took moonjae—in slipping into reviver that summit. he created a platform and donald trump and kimjong—un recognise that and brought him in for a freeway handshake and i thought that was a good recognition of the role he played. china is a bit tougher to understand. xi jinping and kimjong—un had a summit

aggression there is history here as well there are north korean still living who have personal experience of american bombing during the korean war nearly 70 years ago back in 2010 people in power travel to north korea to investigate claims that some of those bombs contained not high explosive but biological weapons insects deliberately infected with deadly diseases it's a claim that the u.s. has always deny but filmmaker 10 take had unique access to this extraordinary story traveling deep inside the country to talk to men who claim to be survivors and attack that american sis never happened here's dirty little secrets. almost 60 years ago this peaceful lake was the scene of either a terrible crime. or a cynical hoax. each of these old man is either a witness to the crime or a participant in that hoax. what happened or never happened here in 952 is the key to one of the most intractable international disputes today. was the 1st armed confrontation of the cold air. the $946.00 the united states unilaterally. divided korea along the 38th parallel. when in 1950 north korean forces backed by

many orphans and many maimed so the whole of the war still remains controversial particularly for north koreans and for south koreans because they've still got family members that have split since not 53 once when the war ended there's been no communication between the 2 sides so the issues about alleged germ warfare a part and parcel of the discourse which takes place in north korea this is a controversial topic at the time in the 1950 s. remains controversial now this story no smoking gun evidence this to took place but it forms part of the official discourse it doesn't however form part of the day to day discussions of north koreans i lived and worked in north korea for 2 years all over the country not so different settings in farms and hospitals and. clinics and. talked to lots and lots of different people open. never raised once as an issue with me not even in passing where some other issues were raised of course things like the fact that there were so many men killed in the 1950 s. in the war that there were disproportionate amounts of women left alive today for a brief moment there was a

president to meet a north korean leader at the summit a year ago in singapore and again earlier this year in hanoi james we heard korean president one day and just now just minutes ago in fact say that this would be a significant milestone in the peace process if this meeting did take place talk us through the optics of what this might look like from the north korean side in the significance of it all. yeah i mean i think it would be a an important and historic picture and that in some ways in diplomacy is important when people see things people certainly on a divided peninsula like this it creates a spirit and it creates a momentum and certainly for the people of south korea they will see it live on their t.v. because whatever happens even if it's just trump on his own at the embassy it will be broadcast on south korean television they will all the channels will be broadcasting this live and of course north korean t.v. and state media and state newspapers will cover this too although they will probably not see it live and they'll see carefully edited narrative of what's happened so y

many orphans and many maimed so the whole of the war still remains controversial particularly for north koreans and for south koreans because they've still got family members that have split since not 53 once when the war ended there's been no communication between the 2 sides so the issues about alleged germ warfare a part and parcel of the discourse which takes place in north korea this is a controversial topic at the time in the 1950 s. remains controversial now this story no smoking gun evidence this to took place but it forms part of the official discourse it doesn't however form part of the day to day discussions of north koreans i lived and worked in north korea for 2 years all over the country not so different settings in farms and hospitals and. clinics and. talked to lots and lots of different people open. never raised once as an issue with me not even in passing where some other issues were raised of course things like the fact that there were so many men killed in the 1950 s. in the war that there were a disproportionate amounts of women left alive today for a brief moment there was

that's part of north korean leader.iving this whole process , of what is driving this whole process, that kim jong—un of what is driving this whole process, that kimjong—un is of what is driving this whole process, that kim jong—un is willing to change the nature of the relationship between north korea and other countries including the united states. that's quite positive. as you said, the presidents probably have more to gain in terms of boosting their posture —— popularity at home but it is risky for kim jong—un. if you didn't show off, would it be worse? you have to remember north korea can control its information environment much more than south korea and the united states. north koreans have 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 gai

i think from what we heard today, north korea, the north korean leader kimjong—un, if this is the casevolving working groups from both the us and north korea. we have gone from fire and fury too, thanks very much for showing up are not making me look bad. when you look at donald trump's brand of diplomacy and kim jong—un, how should north korea be handled? it makes sense to me at the highest level, with the leader of north korea, but i do think there needs to bea korea, but i do think there needs to be a mixture of different policies. we have seen sanctions that have still been implemented, dialogue at different levels would be important as well. a meeting is not sufficient, but it helps the north korean leader that has his own pressures at a domestic level. north korea is never going to give up their nuclear ambitions, so what is your assessment of all of this?” think there are two processes here, denuclearisation that can be achieved, and the process of denuclearisation. i do agree it is unlikely they will ever denuclearise. what we need to see oui’ denuclearise. what we need to see

many orphans and many maimed so the whole of the war full remains controversial but sickly for north koreans and for south koreans because they've still got family members that are split since not 53 once when the war ended there's been no communication between the 2 sides so the issues about. alleged germ warfare a part and parcel of the discourse which takes place in north korea this is a controversial topic at the time in the 1950 s. remains controversial now there's still no smoking gun evidence this to took place but it forms part of the official discourse it doesn't however form part of the day to day discussions of north koreans i lived and worked in north korea for 2 years all over the country not so different settings in farms and hospitals and. clinics and. talked to lots and lots of different people it was never raised once as an issue with me not even in passing where some other issues were race of course things like the fact that there were so many men killed in the 1950 s. in the war that there were disproportionate amounts of women left alive today for a brief moment there is

and president trump became the first sitting american president to ever walk on north korean soil. the president could have come out of this with nothing except criticism with kim jong-un giving him the victory as the american president going on to north korea soil. but the president comes away with this idea that the two side are going to get together again and start talking. i think in the near term this is a victory for president trump as well, and he did get something tangible out of this meeting. that hopefully will come later. jon: in the past we know north korea has made agreements with the united states and then broken them. reporter: every time. every time. jon: john roberts our chief white house correspondent in south korea. judith miller is with us, a fox news contributor. the president is not necessarily given to understatement very often. but he says this was a pretty big deal today. your take? >> it was atypical in a number of way. what was not atypical was the round of self-congratulatory comments the president made. but he was careful to low ball the meeting. he said

and the north korean encounter at the d.m.z. . and we'd written into. north korea if they were to dismantle the nuclear arsenal. try him. and i was wondering whether you had a discussion we don't or trump on that issue is the president from and i'd like to 1st of all i welcome president trump upon your 2nd visit to the republic of korea at the restricted natural meeting this morning president moon you had mentioned that you will be accompanying president trump to the d.m.z. about the focus of the dialogue that will happen at the d.m.z. will be between a president trump and chairman kim and you said that you are looking forward to much progress being achieved fast so at once the concept is established between a president trump and chairman kim at the d.m.z. what kind of progress do you expect in the subsequent negotiations and how about the possibility of a 3rd u.s. north korea summit happening before the end of the year and my 1st question relates to the written interview that you had given to various agencies recently and in that interview you had menti

that's music to the north korean ears. what they are hoping is that everyone will say that and then we will slide into some sort of other mode. i think it's very important to press them and make it clear that we cannot walk away from this and leave them with nuclear weapons. i think the president is doing this first. he is up in front. i think we all should support him. frankly, i would like to see his national security adviser, mr. bolton, who spent a lifetime opposing talks with north korea is supporting the approach of his boss. >> if anything, we're not seeing what was typical during both of your times and the idea of multilateral work and discusses and negotiations as we look now at this president working directly with the leader of north korea. lauren, you will be back with us. hans, thank you for your nonstop work for the last 24 hours. ambassador hill, victor, thank you as well. always great to have the big brains to talk about this topic. thank you all. have a good sunday. >>> the verdictic ion the deba from the a

played a hand in the murder of north korean babies just 5. nuclear negotiators say really and this is my favorite from reuters north korea executes envoy to failed us summit media who told you they were executed media. media told me you know. they tell us the exit was made the. point is every. buddy in america sees this and thinks dear god what a tyrant kim jong un is but oh wait 3 days later we find out north korean official executed over failed nuclear summit with us c.n.n. doing concert. if you were executed would you want to relax with a nice concert i mean why not have some fun you're already dead time to unwind right take a load off even the new york times which helped to spread those lies they admitted later supposedly executed former north korean nuclear envoy is alive but don't worry if you were still looking into the story about how the nuclear envoy had been killed and you don't like the part where it wasn't true you can still find the article about how they were executed on the new york times website right now. this is the opening

korea's greatest enemy said the north korean leader executes hundreds of people this would be like if an ice is think tank put out a report that the u.s. executes hundreds of people would you trust that i mean of course if you count drone bombings it be accurate but still that's not the point. now i'm sure some of you are go and but what about kim jong un's ex-girlfriend the famous korean pop star who he brutally executed fairpoint l a times report. north korea's kim reportedly has ex-girlfriend 11 others executed c m b c death by firing squad for kim jong un's x. jesus christ is bloodier the charity film all right well. have no fear though folks as secure a north korean pop star back from the dad. she was seeing the touring factories with the portly desk with rumors of her demise seemingly greatly exaggerated. that does sound exaggerated she was only partially to the whole time. and portly desk is that really necessary and. why doesn't our media ever call trump a portly despot. is he not i mean if i. understand. you putting him and kim jong un on the o

and north korean sides nearby.e minds of secret service agents as this message plays out. >> yeah, well listen. this is the secret service number one their job is to just get it done like larry the cable guy they just do it they don't tell the president what to do or not do and always get the job done. having said that from what i'm hearing this was a last minute trip for anyone in the press whose telling you oh, this was planned out months in advance, president trump put it out on twitter just as kind of a show, that's kind of not true. i'm reasonably confident of that the problem with that from a security perspective, it's not really security. the problem is the logistics. now, what i mean by that is the dmz is one of the most secure areas on earth. "the rock" marines are up there. i've been up there, we took a trip up there on our own i've been to that concrete barrier on the ground that blue building where you can step into north korea next door, so my guess here is that the extended meetings that would ordinar

north korean officials have raised that -- not saying the main deal, between the u.s. and north korea and two north koreas and china as well but can guarantee some agreement it will survive over a period of time. >> thank you. just one question from the moderator to the panel, particularly to seoul, it seems like there is a perception in -- maybe even in europe or in the united states that the korean government is lukewarm in the denuclearization issue and focusing even more on relations rather than denuclearization. that is true. nuclear weapon in north korea is more threatening to south korea than any other countries. how do you think why this kind of phenomenon perception occurs, and what would be the remedy to correct it? >> i don't necessarily think everybody thinks that. it's just that maybe -- it's not -- if some people think that, i don't want to think for key folks that might think that, it's not because south korea does not care about denuclearization, the premium is so much on north korea relationship regardless of north korea's behavior. it's something that

that is a moment in itself because no sitting american president has ever stepped foot onto north koreandia. there does seem to be a certain degree of warmth, if we can believe all the smiles between these three men. let's see if we can hear president trump again. we will go to stephen mcdonnell who is watching things from seoul. it looks like they will be a meeting between the three leaders was not that we have any idea of the substance? well, i suppose the thing they are going to be discussing is denuclearisation. moonjae—in, he be discussing is denuclearisation. moon jae—in, he came be discussing is denuclearisation. moonjae—in, he came to power with a resounding victory, promising to try and set up some sort of dialogue with the north. this was after years of policy of trying to freeze them out. he would welcome this moment. he certainly said this is a great initiative from donald trump and we see there, that kind of chaos as the three of them meeting on the demilitarised zone that it is nice chaos, if we can put it that way. it just shows how quickly things can move where there is a

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 small ones. these are missiles that practically every country tests. these

and north korean leaders met in a spontaneous summit at a demilitarized zone separating north and south korea. they walked 20 steps into north korea. here is what that looked like. you will hear camera operators and security personnel throughout the video. [video clip] [indiscernible] [cameras taking pictures] >> move, move. >> clear. >> no. >> come on. >> wait till they move. >> this is a great moment. big moment. big moment. tremendous progress. ok. guy's, come on. come on. move, move. go. [indiscernible] >> how do you feel? >> i feel great. [indiscernible] >> chairman kim, how do you feel? [speaking foreign language] the president has walked across the demarcation line. that made him the first present to visit our country. -- president to visit our country. pres. trump: i just want to say that it is my honor. i did not expect it. andere in japan for the g20 i said i want to go over and see chairman kim. we got to meet and stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. a lot of friendships have been made. i just want to thank you. >> [speaking foreign la

the question everyone here is asking, will the north korean leader join him there? president trump arrived in south korea for what could be the signature moment of his asia tour. tweeting out a last-minute invitation to north korea's leader kim jong-un to meet him at the border where north and south korea meet to say hi >> we won't call it a summit we'll call it a handshake if it does happen i don't know that it will, but it could happen he follows my twitter. >> he does >> yeah. i guess so because we got a call quickly >> reporter: a in a statement, north korea calling the the personal relations between the two leaders. >> they've contacted us and we're not talking about extended, just a quick hello. >> covered in barbed wire, guard towers and an estimated 1 million land mines, the dmz straddles both sides of the north and south korean border. the dmz can be tense in late 2017 a north korean soldier sprinted from the northern side to the south to defect. north korean guards shot him but he made it across and survived would the president step across into north korea

president and the north korean leader do end up at the dmz together. >> if you do meet kim jong-un athe dmz tomorrow, would you step across the border into north korea? >> sure, i would. i would. i would springfiefeel comfortab that. i would have no problem. >> reporter: that's an historic statement. if he does, that he would be the first american president to step foot on the north korean side of the area, an area that's been tense in the past. he used to have the north and south korean soldiers facing off against each other, a matter of feet away from each other. now we know that they have taken all the armament out of that part of the dmz at this point. certainly that will be an historic photo opportunities. >> as it something that we're watching now. president trump as he gets there to meet with the president of south korea, moon jae-in. he is there now, getting ready for dinner. are you looking at them as he steps out of his motorcade. it will be interesting to see what south korea does with this information that it's very possible president trump will meet with north korean pres

buses in interesting unfortunately thing happened earlier stephangrip o grisham was roughed up by north korean security guards probably unintentional to have you imagine north koreaance have been fed a steady diet of hatred for all things american do not have aggressive press corps in that country wants to get up close to the supreme leader in this case chairman kim, and you know they are not at all accustomed to freewheeling american type press corp there was quite a battle shallow -- shall we say trying to get from his of president trump and chairman kim. as well as president moon of south korea. there was a big scrum a lot of pushing and shoving stephen grisham white house press secretary ret roughed up bruised result of all that it appears that the pet whose helicopter is -- is on the ground there. we are going to be hearing from him shortly i wanted to make that point that -- this thing took place so quickly and with so little planning and preparation that that is the kind of thing that happened. he stephanie grisham press secretary for white house bruised in inturnt with north korean sec

president to step foot on north korean soil what did you make of this. well 1st off its president donald trump nothing ever goes as it's expected to this was a spontaneous invitation and as fantine his invitation for a handshake that we're just hearing now lasted about 15 minutes long so much more than a handshake i'm not quite sure what they discussed we're also hearing now that. president donald trump has invited kim jong un to the white house and vice versa there are reports that kim jong un possibly a suggested the president trying to come to pyongyang as well so on the surface this looks fantastic for both leaders they seem to have this this growing relationship despite the stalled progress in nuclear talks and by and large at least here on the korean peninsula i think people are pondering is this a pivotal moment in the peace process and will it lead to serious change. over is say you mention and this is a good relationship donald trump often talking about it even came on display no mentioning this but did you think it was obvious from their meetin

president shaking hands with a north korean leader at that border that divides the north and south and0, 70 some odd years ago, but again can't be divorced from the fact on the essential question north korea ending, curtailing its nuclear program, no progress there and yet the president wants tomorrow to have yet another face-to-face meeting with the north korean leader. we'll see if it happens. >> and if happens we'll see if it's anything beyond a photo-op and historical meeting there at the dmz. at the same time, jim, is it risky to do this after the meeting there in hanoi was basically a flop? >> reporter: yeah, we were there in hanoi. there was talk of some small agreement and even on the smaller issues nothing major was expected there on denuclearization, but even on the smaller issues they couldn't make progress. and here we are four months later, five months later and the president wanting to meet again with no progress and as i said some backtracking frankly by the north koreans on other concessions they made. so absolutely risky. but this is president that seems to treat the f

the north korean p.r. or propaganda machine can spin it any way they want to the people of that unfortunate country. >> have much so. jon: here with more insight on the announcement. president trump will meet with kim jong-un. gordon change is an asia analyst and author of "losing south korea." are you surprise the kim jong-un agreed to this meeting? people have been talking about that this might occur. but i didn't think this was going to happen. this is a real indication of the will of president trump to get things done. this is unconventional. previous presidents wouldn't even have thought of trying to do this within a couple of days. but trump is very different, very you be conventional. jon: he is. but the criticism is this is nothing more than a photo-op. what can you actually accomplish with this happened shake and a couple minutes in the blue house. >> if your goal is to take away missiles. this undercuts that. because it gives legi -- gives legitimization to kim jong-un. but if the goal is to wean