all are calling for the bank to turn over records about suspected north korean sanctions. the judge has granted the takenment motion to production of those records. they did not comply and plan to find them in contempt of court. say ourin no way pressure against north korea has been maximum to this point. donald trump has particular been pulling punches. what the justice department has done with these actions and with the seizure, which is not such a think if thei justice department becoming a new center of gravity in the sanctions effort and you can look for congress really to empower a justice department doing as much as it can to enforce the law by the treasury department which seems to be doing as little as possible. i think this will give the chinese financial industry a negative incentive against violating north korean sanctions and i would suspect as a matter of chinese government policy. i think things will get worse before they get better. the three unnamed banks reported on are presumed to be chinese banks. >> yes. >> i agree with what you said except i would say

nguage is vague on requirements and say the security council will review the north korean actions and they strengthen or to as kneaded. things that north orea these to do that are sufficient? u read.hat is what yo you need agreement in p 5? that is it. agrees they put to the security council. that discussion. and they call for relief and they're in support of that. .s. and like it's the u hab other like hinded partners right? yeah.l, principle is that you he'd all five on board. not on or 2 that are board could block it. so, yes. yes. >> let's turn to humanitarian side. already humanitarian carvouts as part of the un sanctions. can you talk more about how those come into play? 17, 18 committee related and there is an important comprehensive humanitarian exemption which is established by 1718 committee and this is to facilitate dprk.itarian assistance to third principal th ensure you're limited wi research impact and sanctions and a focus to prevent harm to the civilian population. of basis for this is para-25 2397.ution authority on a case by case basis and reaffirms are not intend to

just to clarify, so the sectoral sanctions, they cover the prohibition on north korean exports. like coal and textiles and seafood and labor. all of -- that's pretty much 95%-plus of north korea's entire export economy, right? >> yeah. thank you. >> okay. dan? >> well, thanks, frank, for inviting me to speak today. my apologies for coming in late. there was a few road closures and heavy rain as folks might have noticed. frank asked me to start off by kind of giving the purpose of the sanctions regime. and i think this is an important kind of first-order question. i think it's useful to view most sanctions regimes certainly including the north korea regime as having an implicitly a thr threefold purpose. signaling, constraining, and coercing. signalling in the north korean context that provocative actions such as nuclear missile tests will come with a cost and that future such provocations will come with even higher costs. constrange, meaning that sanctions are meant to impede north korea's development of wmd and military capabilities. and finally coercing, which is i think the mo

president to step on north korean soil, stakes are high because two leaders met for over an hour, and agrees tory start talks for -- we start talks for a possible deal to denuclearize north korea. he used twitter and other public statements toa. up the rhetoric, as president labeled kim, little rocket man, and warned of american fire and fury raining down on pyongyang if it continued. opposite has happened, the president's approach deescalating tensions in first summit, june 2018 in singapore, kim pledged to denuclearize then iin february the president walkd away from what was seen as a bad deal, this time president used twitter for kim to meet him in demilitarize zone while president was in south korea for walks with president moon. they met in south korea. there should be a lot of skepticism, dictator has a human right record, the tragic case and death of otto warmbier. tonight, we look at what comes next. the two men try to restart peace talks that seem to collapse back in vietnam. >> what is going to happen is over the nexter tw -- 2 or 3 we, team will work to see if they could do

yeah that's right the north koreans have been doing this kind of stuff for a long time the north koreanssort of blow hot and cold on a regular basis most i think most analysts sort of interpret that as a north korean pressure scheme right the idea sort of on the one hand they're sort of nice one moment it's like things are going well and the next moment they say something outrageous and that's supposed to encourage you to keep going with the nice behavior before in the deals and before i think that this is basically designed that way that would be my read of this right this is sort of a signal to the president particularly that you know the other day was nice but let's keep this going and let's actually have some kind of continuing negotiation as opposed to sort of the handshake and then things kind of fade away so robert i want to read you another part of the statement they said what can't be overlooked is the fact that this joint lesser game was carried out in the very same day when president trump proposed a summit meeting out of joint less a game was and well various different countr

his press teej within north-- prestigen north korean, and it had been embarrassing for him. after that you see a return to certain amount of hos tillity from north-- hostility from north korebecause kim jung-un had to take that point of view, giving him an opportunity to sort of get back with trump ad art the kie log process, probably isn't a bad thing. it is prob better, as i say, that north korea and the united states are talking an north korea is testing ballistic missiles. the oblem is,s north korea going to surrender its nuclear weon, does kim have any intention of doing that. and i think that is the big doubt. it is-- is president trump legitimizing a nuclear weapon in this neighborhood. >> sreenivasan: is there any incentive to change their behavior when unitied states is willing to talk and not asking r any behavior on the north korean part to change. are you in contact with defectors, have conditions inside north korean--orth korea improved since the time this repachment between countries existed. >> north korean is still i buildi nuclear arsenal, missile arsenal. th

what i wouldn't do is remove the sanctions before we saw massive concrete action from the north koreans. >> as you know, the goal of the trump administration is complete denuclearization on the part of north korea. "the new york times" now reporting that the administration is considering accepting a freeze on north korea nuclear program, keeping it where it is today but not moving further along. would you view that as a win? >> i would view that as a constructive first step. especially if yong buyon, where they are developing nuclear feel is suspended. of course north korea still has estimates of 20 to 60 nuclear weapons and i don't think we could stop at a freeze and say it is okay for them to have a thousand pounds of uranium and the nuclear weapons and we certainly can't lift sanctions until that threat is there. but i think a nuclear freeze is at least a constructive step in the right direction. >> after a very dramatic and dare i say historic week, a high-stakes diplomacy, you would rather have ivanka trump there with the president than john bolt on, the president's national securi

it is in the north korean regime's interest to maintain its nuclear arsenal. they have the example of limp libya. that example looms large. if they denuclearization they know that the regime is doomed. i don't know what it means for the trump administration to say that denuclearization is its aim and ambition when we know that the north koreans understand that its regime's safety is dependent on it is nuclear arsenal. >>> we have seen the pushback from the administration about this "new york times" report that a nuclear freeze is being considered. at this point is that the best that you think you can hope for? what do you see as a realistic end game right now? >> well, what is realistic, chris, is the following. the north koreans have 60 nuclear weapons, 40 to 60 missiles galore. huge arsenal. what we want them to do is destroy some of them, with verification, curb their use, not just freeze new production. and then at the same time, the short range missiles that affect japan, that affect alaska, that affect guam, the united states potentially. not just freeze

north korean leader.rea, we don't talk about human rights, but we have to remember they are the greatest violator of human rights in the world right now. they are building a nuclear program and just had six nuclear tests. and they tested intercontinental ballistic missiles. and posted threats to the region. you have to get something for the summit because it is legitimizing his rule and it is big propaganda for the kim family. shouldn't we get something out of that? we have not gotten anything out of that. >> they can't say big impact? it's there is no question as to the kim family's grip on power. how does it help them? how does it enable them to have the kind of popgd victory they just got from trump? >> domestically, it does strengthen his power further and internationally it does normalize him. north korea's goal is to get international acceptance of north korea as a nuclear weapons power, like pakistan, like india. we are normalizing him. it looks like the north korean leader is our peer. they're sit

press secretary stephanie grisham reportedly bruised as she shoved aside north korean security guards to gain access for american journalists. president trump trying to restart nuclear talks with north korea. and then extending another invitation. abc's jonathan karl, in seoul. >> reporter: just 32 hours after extending his unusual invitation with a tweet, president trump took the final steps north toward the line separating north and south korea. >> stay low. stay low. >> reporter: walking briskly to meet him, a smiling kim jong-un. >> my friend. >> reporter: the north korean leader, one of the world's most brutal dictators, greeted the president like an old friend. "good to see you again," he said. "i never expected to meet you at this place." >> it's my honor. would you like me to step across? >> reporter: then, with a step, the president walked onto north korean territory. >> i'd be very proud to do that. okay. let's do it. come on. >> reporter: clearly relishing the moment, another handshake before the cameras. the hastily arranged meeting became chaotic as the two men walked bac

pension for birtherism smear campaigns to his son, and, yes, first president to meet with a brutal north korean dictator on that bruin north korea's dictator's home turf and then lavage him with praise. >> it's just an honor to be with you, and an honor you asked me to step over the line and i was proud to step over the line. we heard the power of that voice. nobody's heard that voice before. >> the voice. and what a face, that look on donald trump's case fonding over a dictator could be ripped from one of his realfy showity shows. but now president trump leaving the world to and woder are we less safe today than we were before trump decided to play nuclear negotiator? "the new york times" reports on the substance of u.s./north korea negotiations that trump may become the first american president to greenlight a north korea nuclear power, writing -- a freeze that enshrines the status quo and passively accepts the north as a nuclear power, something administration officials often said they would never stand for. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. th

north korea needs time to edit and process these images into a form that successor to bowl for the north korean leadership especially given a subject as sensitive as the leader of the united states stepping over into north korea while the networks of the world have been broadcasting live these on holding events throughout sunday the state run broadcaster in north korea has been broadcasting the usual diet. propaganda documentaries and patrie arctic karaoke songs. north korea's nuclear program is shrouded in almost total secrecy there are estimates of their arsenal but they're not exact south korea says the north has built between $60.70 nuclear warheads but it's not known where they're located in september 2017 north korea said it tested a hydrogen bomb which could be loaded up on a missile that can strike the u.s. and called it a perfect success 2 months later they launched another misao they said put most of the world in range now the north has more than $1000.00 ballistic missiles but not all of them can be armed with nuclear warheads just last month kim jong un personally supervised the tes

he gave me his impressions of donald trump's visit to the north korean side of the dmz. g president has visited north korea. unlike past visits to places from presidents, i am thinking of president kennedy going to berlin in 1963, there was not much substance behind it, there was no significant policy push behind it or breakthrough diplomatically behind it. it seemed to be more of an effort to look historic rather than to actually make historic claims or progress in this issue between the united states and north korea. you say not much breakthrough and it's a criticism we've heard in the last 2a hours, but isn't this some movement forward? as donald trump says, we're not seeing the nuclear tests, we're not seeing the incredible tension we saw under president obama between north korea and the us and the rest of the world. isn't this some sort of improvement? well, it's certainly less tense than before, but i think that's more a difference in rhetoric than in reality. the security situation on the korean peninsula hasn't changed significantly. in the past year or so since t

the core of the stabilising arrangement that the us government and north korean government and north eze arrangement whereby the north koreans have stopped launching certain kinds of missiles in the us government has stopped certain large—scale joint exercises with south koreans. and what we have seen in the last couple of months is that roadsides edging to the margins of that deal. the us and the south koreans have reconstituted some of the exercises, they are not exact the exercises, they are not exact the same as they were before and the north koreans have started launching some missiles, not the medium and long—range missiles that i think eve ryo ne long—range missiles that i think everyone understands at the core of this arrangement but still, started to test the boundaries little bit stop the situation has become a bit less sta ble, stop the situation has become a bit less stable, little bit less calm thanit less stable, little bit less calm than it was before. it seems i could under control but again, it is not ideal. north korea wants reunification, ideally, on its own terms.

the author of "everyday life in the north korean revolution, 1945-1950." d in honolulu, hawaii, is christine ahn, founder and executive director of women cross dmz, a global movement of women mobilizing to end the korean war. professor suzy kim, you are there in the koreas when this sunday moment took place. what was the significance of donald trump becoming the first sitting president to step foot in nororth korea, as he walked with north korea leader kim jong-un? fortunate to have been here to be able to witness that on the korean peninsula. i think the significance is telling in terms of how the south korean public responded. i was able to walk around the city center yesterday as this was unfolding. an interesting convergence happened between both the left and the right, where traditionally, they are polarized, just like in the united states, but both sides in many respects welcomed president trump and welcomed this opportunity for him to make history by stepping foot in north korean soil. i think the significance lies in hand,ct that on the one it is th

be talking about it is exactly because of sanctions that the last meeting between the 2 leaders north korean leader and trump that it came to nothing talks ended 2 hours early and afterwards this is politically quite depressing because there was 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 what donald trump said the north koreans want to do sanctions to be lifted 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 an acceptable this is a manifestation of the most extreme hostile acts by the united states all of you 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 not

the north koreans will press -- even if this is true, the north koreans will press the advantage. and they'll do something horrible. even if we accepted a freeze, we'll go back on that because if the north koreans use violence against foes they don't like and they will do something. >> one thing more. what north koreans want is relief from all sanctions. president trump were to relieve the most punishing sanctions could that be seen as a capitulation to north korea? >> it certainly would be a capitulation to the north koreans. one thing the administration talks about is they're using maximum pressure on the north koreans. that was true up to the middle of may last year. since then, we've allowed open sanctions by the north koreans, chinese, russians, and south koreans. we've not done much about it. >> will ripley, i want to go back to you. again, that picture, there's no question president trump wanted to picture. but that's a picture that kim jong-un is desperately wanted and is already using. and one other thing that kim desperately wants is to be a nuclear power. and if he gets

to try to get member countries to send north korean foreign workers home with this was in response to u.s. allegations that north korea is violating saying sions against oil imports and in the statement from north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the d.m.z. so certainly the fact that this statement from north korea's u.n. mission comes out today is an indication that it's saying things are not hunky dory between the 2 nations after this photo op and that tensions are still high. robert kelly is a professor of international relations at tucson national university he says the latest statement may be north korea's way of exerting pressure on the u.s. to make concessions on sanctions before returning to tools in the trunk of ministration it's been pretty clear for a while that sanctions are in place until the north koreans actually make some k

difference in opinions between the us and north korea over denuclearisation has not changed and the north koreanld i say, after the hanoi summit. there has been some movement. people have been put aside. we not sure who the negotiating team will be on the north side. the biggest outcome was that they have agreed to start working level talks again and that is something that had not happened for the last couple of months and in the run—up to hanoi, the run—up talks were not successful and were not able to get to the key issue of denuclearisation. and so now we have the chance for the two sides to explore what would be possible in terms of a trade. thank you so much for joining terms of a trade. thank you so much forjoining us this morning throughout our newsday coverage. a very historic moment on the korean peninsula. the optics were nominal but what will it achieve? you have been watching newsday. also on the programme: hundreds of thousands of new yorkers join the pride party fifty years after the riots that sparked the modern gay rights movement. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong

to enter the democratic people's republic of north korea there he enthusiastically greeted the north korean leader kim jong un and then the 2 met for talks their 3rd since trump became president what does this mean for the efforts to denuclearize north korea and which leader scored a bigger win by trump's visit to the hermit nation for insight on this we turn to gordon chang expert on asia and north korea columnist for the daily beast he's also the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me from new york city gordon welcome to the program thank you so much matthew so the significance of the u.s. president stepping into north korea what are your thoughts completely inconceivable if you go back 10 years ago or 70 years ago because north korea has been a country that has seen the u.s. as its enemy and to have president trump step across the military demarcation line as he did on sunday is ultimately and issue of reconciliation between the u.s. and north korea so there are a lot of implications of all this but that was a stunning and a very good moment do you think th

to enter the democratic people's republic of north korea there he enthusiastically greeted the north korean leader kim jong il and then the 2 met for talks their 3rd since trump became president what does this mean for the efforts to denuclearize north korea and which leader scored a bigger win by trump's visit to the hermit nation for insight on this we turn to gordon chang expert on asia and north korea columnist for the daily beast he's also the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me from new york city gordon welcome to the program thank you so much matthew so the significance of a u.s. president stepping into north korea what are your thoughts completely inconceivable if you go back 10 years ago or 70 years ago because north korea has been a country that has seen the u.s. as its enemy and to have president trump step across the military demarcation line as he did on sunday is ultimately and issue of reconciliation between the u.s. and north korea so there are a lot of implications of all this but that was a stunning and a very good moment do you think that

i think the north koreans kind of knew this was coming i think what they're hoping to do is sort of turn all these sort of media events the spectacles into some kind of movement on sanctions it's pretty clear the north koreans want sanctions removed they've really been banging the table on this now for a while and they're kind of hoping that you know hey we had his meeting with trump and then you know a day later we're getting this we're getting slapped with new sanctions what's going on and this is their way of telling us that you know that the summit was more important than these sanctions and i do think the north koreans actually want to negotiate there's a debate out there i think some hawks think this is all just sort of a game by the north koreans i do actually think they're willing to negotiate away some of their programs but they're going to try to ask for a lot they want the white house meeting for example that's can be great for legitimizing the regime and making it look like a real country they want sanctions relief they want aid are going to ask for a lot and you know trump i

into north korean territory. the two leaders met for an hour agreeing to restart those nuclear talks. again, it was part of a weekend full of activity that could reshape u.s. relationships in asia. >> this is my honor. i didn't really expect it. we were in japan for the g20. i came over. i said, hey, i'm over here. i want to call up chairman kim. and 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 and this has been in particular a great friendship. i just want to thank you. >> a great friendship with the murder rouse dictator. no doubt president trump loves these historic optics. overnight north korean state media describing the trump/kim dmz event as an amazing event but will it amount to anything beyond a photo op? let's bring in paula hancocks live from the dmz. it would appear if the "new york times" reporting is correct, the u.s. is appearing to significantly lower the bar. good morning. >> reporter: hello, dave. what we're

the north koreans have acted like this for decades.of ossington's response, i don't think we have seen an official line from the trump administration, but how do you think they will react? i think they will just avoid it. the north koreans are no for shooting their mouths off —— known for. i'm not sure the americans are most to gain by saying anything at all. we want to continue to perpetuate what happened over the weekend, even if it is a fiction. an icy no benefit. it willjust go by the by, no—one will say anything. but in terms of what north korea is up but in terms of what north korea is up to, its nuclear programme, what do we know about that? that's probably what this is designed to do. keep pushing the americans, particularly on sanctions. we know they want sanctions relief and that they want sanctions relief and that the dmz meeting the president said he would not do that. if you are the north koreans may you are getting to the point where you are like why meeting with the president, we have done three times, when getting sanct

which particularly after my encounters with north koreans i think has kind of been possible. >> i also want to note, this is a concession to north korea. and frankly stepping into north korea was a concession to north korea. this is something that kim jong-un and north korean leaders would have wanted for generations and something no u.s. president would do until donald trump. so this is giving the north koreans something they wanted. it came on the heels of president trump giving china something it wanted too which is some of the restriction of technology sales to huawei. yes, the united states got a trip back to the negotiating table with china, but that's a major concession. after the president said he was going to basically try to starve huawei of this technology. >> yeah, i think a common lesson learned here is not be so bold about the mountain top pronouncements about the ultimate full monty on any issue. so i think it's not all that bad to be flexible and provided you get something in return. >> just reflect on this trip. because we have seen a lot of images. whether it was pres

we are watching to see if they are going to pyongyang for the north korean counterpart. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> i want to bring in the house overnight and arms services committees congressman. let's start with north korea. is this reported freeze, is moving toward a freeze better than a stall, in your view? >> yes. it is. look, i think there are the outlines to get a deal there. the first thing we need to do is to have a permanent peace agreement and a non-aggression pact. i've spoken with president carter and many of the experts about this. they believe if we get that kind of a permanent piece, kim jong-un would have incentive not just to have a free but massive denuclearization. the final step would be to see what sanctions relief there could be. >> overall, then, are you pleased with how the last 48, 72 hours have gone as it relates to north korea? >> i am pleased. i am pleased that john bolton has nothing to do with this. he has been the most destructive person in agreementing us to an agreement when president bill clinton made ptremendous progress. john

to try to get member countries to send north korean foreign workers home this was in response to u.s. allegations that north korea is violating saying sions against oil imports and in this statement from north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the d.m.z. so certainly the fact that this statement from north korea's u.n. mission comes out today is an indication that it's saying things are not hunky dory between the 2 nations after this photo op and that tensions are still high. joining us from seoul is he's a professor at cookman university who specializes in north korea good to have you on the program thank you very much for joining us what do you make of the timing of these statements from north korea. well basically is what they say if you're not going to be very happy because you visit us it's a good news by the need something material be

she shook the north korean dictator's hand and later told a reporter, the whole thing was surreal. to op with the u.s. delegation and their south korean counterparts, secretary of state mike pompeo shuffled behind the group, looking for an opening as ivanka and her husband, jared kushner beamed in the foreground. when she spotted pompeo, ivanka stepped to the side. tonight, democrats are sounding the alarm about a foreign policy neophyte taking center stage. congressman alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeted, it may be shocking to some, but being someone's daughter actually isn't a career qualification. it hurts our diplomatic standing as the president phones it in. >> but the president seemed thrilled to take top billing alongside mike pompeo. >> has anyone ever heard of ivanka? all right. come up, ivanka. come on. she's going to steal the show. what a beautiful couple. mike! beauty and the beast, mike. >> reporter: ivanka also took to the spotlight in a video published by the white house, offering a readout of the president's trilateral meetings with india and japan. >> we are here at t

the missiles were launched from the eastern north korean city of wonsan, and according to seoul travelledsponding to the launch, us state department spokesperson morgan 0rtagus restated the administrations committment to working level talks, calling on the north to build on the progress of previous summits. ankit panda is editor at the asia focused news outlet the diplomat and senior fellowat the federation of american scientists. so how significant is the timing? absolutely the timing is significant. the statement that the north korean authorities have stated say that by progressing with military exercises with the us it goes against the spirit of the inter— korean agreement agreed to last year in april and september. in my view, this is about telling the south koreans they should not go ahead with military exercises if they want to goodwill in the potential to proceed. how they want to goodwill in the potentialto proceed. how surprising are these lodges coming so soon after meeting with donald trump at the demilitarised zone just last month? i think that meeting went quite well. the nor

north korea. has more now from the south korean capital. officials in south korea and also japan are analyzing data from this double missile launch working with their u.s. allies looking in particular at one of these missiles that traveled a total of 690 kilometers which they believe could be a new type of weapon with reports that possibly this missile has a guided capability unable to get to avoid interception now if this is true then it means that north korea while they have certainly stopped nuclear testing on the launch of bigger intercontinental ballistic missiles are still developing their weapons systems it's a message that has been driven home with the release of photographs earlier this week of kim jong un the north korean leader visiting a submarine in a shipyard now it's not known whether this is a new submarine under construction of the north koreans claim or simply an older type of sub that is being refitted but the consensus among analysts is that it is a submarine that is large enough to carry submarine launched ballistic mis

start a new round of talks next month iraq mcbride is live for us in song now so rob what are the north koreans saying about these tests. that's right has and this confirmation from north korea says also that their leader kim jong un attended the test oversaw it personally but also confirms that one of these missiles fired the one that traveled to further some 690 kilometers was a new type of guided weapon they said it has a leaping flight or bit which presumably beings it is able to be preprogrammed to change its flight path now this will be of concern to the militaries here in south korea and also across the water in japan because that would mean it's a lot harder to intercept with some of the missile anti missile systems that are in existence or are under development both here in south korea and in japan as far as the timing is concerned as you mentioned there this is north korea's way of saying it is very unhappy with the upcoming exercises that will be taking place between south korean and u.s. forces next month but talking about the south koreans being war mongers and also acquiring new w

north koreans would be willing to give up their stockpile of what 20 or 50 or 60 nuclear bombs, give up that nuclear capability that they currently have?

moon, about to meet with the north korean leader. >> everyone needs to back up. >> tucker: north koreanecurity behind me. most fearsome people i think i've ever seen. >> wait until they move. >> mr. president, how do you feel? >> i feel great. it's a great honor to be here. >> this is an expression of his willingness. >> thank you, everybody. >> tucker: that is unbelievable. before getting manhandled back there. sorry, got to watch this. >> is a great day for the world and it's an honor for me to be here. >> tucker: that was mind-blowing. [laughs] so the president walks across with kim jong un, stood right ih the middle of the street. almost no one around, as you can see, the famous blue houses. kim was visibly winded from the probably 20-yard walk. looked bewildered, he a lot of cameras here going off in his face, probably 4 feet away from him. he seemed out of his element. you really felt like something amazing just happened. something just happened with north korean security. there are a lot of them. they appear to be military leaders, party leaders, and a lot of heavy body guards an

president walking into north korean territory but will it lead to de-nuclearization, which is what thesays kim promised more than a year ago. it was an extraordinary visual as president trump took the final steps north toward the line separating north and south korea, a smiling kim jong-un walking briskly to meet him. >> my friend. >> translator: it is good to see you again. >> reporter: the north korean dictator, one of the world's most brutal dictators warmly greeting the u.s. president. good to see you again, he said, i never expected to meet you at this place. >> my honor. would you like me to step across? >> reporter: president trump walking onto north korean territory. the first time a sitting american president has ever stepped foot inside the reclusive state and gave the dictator another handshake before the cameras. this just 32 hours after the president disclosed his suggested meeting with a tweet. the hastily arranged meeting at times devolving into chaos. photographers scrambling to capture the moment as the two men walked back to the south korean side of the border. >> oh,

where he had an impromptu meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> i didn't expect to meet you at this place. the first u.s. president to cross this line. >> reporter: trump taking 20 step news north korea, making him the first sitting american president to set foot in the hermit kingdom. he was greeted by the smiling kim jong-un. >> this is my honor. i didn't really expect it. step ago cross that line was a great honor. >> reporter: the two leaders met for almost an hour, agreeing to restart negotiations on a long, illusive nuclear agreement. the president even suggested kim jong-un should visit the white house. all of this as the "new york times" is reporting the u.s. may be willing to agree to a nuclear freeze. which would pause further weapons development in north korea, but allow it to keep existing weapons. this would be a reversal for the trump administration's previous goal of complete denuclearization by north korea. white house national security adviser john bolton slammed the report, tweeting, i read this "new york times" story with curiosity, no staff for i have dis

the announcement on north korean state television can. suspicions that the tests were a new kind of missile but despite the tests u.s. secretary of state mike pompei remains optimistic that a new round of talks with north korea can begin next month kyung and want sanctions lifted in return for denuclearization while sanctions on north korea appear to be having a devastating effect south korea's central bank says the north's g.d.p. fell by 4 point one percent last year that's the worst drop and more than 2 decades and the 2nd consecutive year the decline let's go now to rob mcbride he's joining us live from the south korean capital seoul where the central bank released these figures about an hour ago so talk us through them rob because they're not good news for the north and they might have an impact on how willing the north is on compromising in any talks on denuclearization. absolutely lizabeth they do make for very grim reading and shows the extent to which the sanctions are hurting the north korean economy as you mentioned there last ye

president to step onto north korean territory. with kim jong un for nearly an hour and saying that they will revive negotiations to dismantle north korea's nuclear weapons program. the president also talking about inviting the north korean dictator to the white house. former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., bill richardson, saying the real work comes

by elbowing the chinese out of the negotiation, it frees up the north koreans and the meshes to hash out a deal without any outside interference. pretty tactical move. what do you think about the personal chemistry going on between our president and the leader of north korea. that's got to be critical. no other president has been able to deliver that in these talks. >> yeah, jesse, it's extremely critical. i think donald trump understands that the only person that makes any viable decisions is kim jong-un. he's the dictator of kim jong-un. he runs the country. it's his picture that is over every home in the country. so i think he understands he's got to deal with the decision maker. he has to negotiate with him one-on-one. we'll have the working level meetings and hash out the details. the final critical details are going to be decided by kim and trump. that is important. i think trump can deliver. >> jesse: what are these details, gordon? where do you see the negotiations going and the administration says no, we're not going to allow a nuclear north korea capable of hitting the u.s.

i think the north koreans kind of knew this was coming i think what they're hoping to do is sort of turn all the sort of media events the spectacles into some kind of movement on sanctions it's pretty clear the north koreans want sanctions removed they've really been banging the table on this now for a while and they're kind of hoping that you know hey we had his meeting with trump and then you know a day later we're getting this we're getting slapped with new sanctions what's going on and this is their way of telling us that you know that the summit was more important than these sanctions i do think the north koreans actually want to negotiate there's a debate out there i think some hawks think this is all the sort of a game by the north koreans i do actually think they're willing to negotiate away some of their program but they're going to try to ask for a lot they want the white house meeting for example that's going to be great for legitimizing the regime and making it look like a real country they want sanctions relief they want aid they're going to ask for a lot and you know trump

capital of the north koreans or was bragging about these missiles capabilities rob what are they saying. that's right elizabeth the north korean television friday morning confirming also that north korean leader kim jong un personally oversaw this missile test and as you mentioned they are saying that this is a new type of missile it has a guided tactical capability and analysts here in south korea and also in japan have been analyzing further data from these 2 this double missile launch they are confirming that it does seem to be a new type of guided missile a south korean defense ministry official here telling us it seems to be based on a russian misstep miss are known as the skandha this has the capability of being preprogrammed to change course and direction mid-flight and now the concern for the militaries here in south korea and also in japan is that it makes them a lot harder to intercept with anti missile systems already in existence or being developed by the militaries in south korea and japan so that's

it was serious when white house secretary stephanie grisham was bruised after a scuffle with north korean security guards who were reportedly trying to block u.s. reporters from getting close to that meeting between trump and north korea's leader. another bit of drama there. >>> now, what's the policy here beyond these visuals? "the new york times" is already reporting the trump administration is considering a concession with north korea that would allow a freeze in all nuclear production, but would keep the status quo. that means the stockpile of missiles stay. the status quo tacitly accepting the north as a nuclear power. that obviously is not the goal of u.s. policy, which is why trump's national security advisor john bolton is denying those reports. i should mention as an aside he was not brought along to north korea by the president. so what can we take from all of this from these highlights of an unusual trip? well, the president is already taking heat for putting pageantry above policy. the presidents in both parties avoided exactly this kind of visit precisely because it does risk

this headline is talking about donald trump stepping onto north korean soil and also referring to the house from donald trump to kim jong—un. and then here we have the english language daily, where a picture speaks a thousand words. no headline but just picture speaks a thousand words. no headline butjust this photo, as you can see. quite a remarkable picture. they have just splashed out across the front page. so, yes, naturally the front page. so, yes, naturally the press is focusing a lot on that very historic moment when sitting united states president step across that frontier, shaking hands with the north korean leader. and, of course, in north korea, as you might expect, it is also receiving a lot of attention. the north korea newspapers have also splashed with it. several pages worth of photos and headlines trumpeting this. this is exactly why some have criticised donald trump, because they are saying, you know, you have given that north korean leader this big propaganda opportunity without him moving any closer at all to denuclearisation. you can see how happy the north korean