say the declaration fails to provide concrete steps as to how that will be achieved and verified p.r. nyang has reneged on such promises in the past. trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease its joint military drills with south korea. we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money for unless and until we see the the future negotiation is not going away like it should. it's a move that's seen as a major concession by some but president trump headed back to washington proud of his achievements his team plans to begin working on the details of the declaration next week. and let's talk more about this now with lisa collins who is standing by in washington she is a fellow at the center for strategic and international studies and an expert on korea thank you so much for joining us this evening. thank you for having me here lisa you followed the summit closely this joint statement has be

say the declaration fails to provide concrete steps as to how that will be achieved and verified p.r. nyang has reneged on such promises in the past. trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease its joint military drills with south korea. we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money or unless and until we see the the future negotiation is not going along like it should it's a move that's seen as a major concession by some but president trump headed back to washington proud of his achievements his team plans to begin working on the details of the declaration next week. and we are joined now from our washington studio by a denmark be director of the asia program at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars and we thank you so much for joining us here on the program i'd like to begin but by first asking you because we have this joint statement that's light on the details the

say the declaration fails to provide concrete steps as to how that will be achieved and verified p.r. nyang has reneged on such promises in the past. trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease its joint military drills with south korea. we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money one lesson until we see the the future negotiation is not going along like it should. it's a move that's seen as a major concession by some but president trump headed back to washington proud of his achievements his team plans to begin working on the details of the declaration next week. while world leaders have welcomed the summit so outcome japan for example has long been exposed to the threat of north korea short and mid range missiles here's our prime minister shinzo reacted. it's arsenal right i knew it i welcome but the u.s. north korea summit as a step forward towards a comprehensive resolution of

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which commits p.r. nyang to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the highly anticipated summit in singapore hailed a success by the leaders. to speak here. today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us were about to sign a historic document the world will see a major change in the view that. we have developed a very special bond show. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and we're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world and. that problem nuclear weapons in the agreement north korea has pledged to dismantle its nuclear arsenal but critics say the declaration fails to provide concrete steps as to how that will be achieved and verified. and has reneged on such promises in the past. trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease its

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which commits p.r. nyang to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the highly anticipated summit in singapore hailed a success by the leaders thank you for being here. today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us we're about to sign a historic document the world will see a major change in the idea that. we have developed a very special bond so. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and we're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world that problem nuclear weapons in the agreement north korea has pledged to dismantle its nuclear arsenal but critics say the declaration fails to provide concrete steps as to how that will be achieved and verified. and has reneged on such promises in the past. trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease

that letter was passed to trump by a former north korean intelligence chief who was part of the p.r. nyang delegation in the united states talks between america and north korea shadowed for the twelfth of june in singapore that meeting that was earlier called off by trump due to what he called open hostility we boy her as her own take on what's going on. it looks like him may have a cop. probably possibly maybe in case you missed it is that a feel good story of the so much. donald trump and came to my bold on tenterhooks there are you know some great show the new justin and selena tameka just as attractive are you glad that these are the two men with that fingers on the button as big date palms june the twelfth but trump pulls it off saying that a friend told him said that he got it from someone else that came with saying mean things about the u.s. vice president or something like that what was particularly annoying for came with it just the day before when he turned around desperate he wrote to me stop the whole mountain wouldn't be from what he said on twitter it was actually true that t

president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un signed a joint declaration which commits p.r. nyang to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula the highly anticipated summit in singapore hailed a success by the leaders. it's been taking. thanks . today we had a historic meeting and decided to leave the past behind us we're about to sign a historic document the world will see a major change in the idea that. we have developed a very special bond so. people are going to be very impressed people are going to be very happy and we're going to take care of a very big and very dangerous problem for the world trump is confident that this time will be different he spoke of his special bond with kim and as with all friendships compromise must come from both sides directly after the summit trump announced washington would cease its joint military drills with south korea. we will be stopping the war games which will save us a tremendous amount of money on lashon until we see the the future negotiation is not going along like it should it's a move that's seen as a major concession b

south korean military exercises seen as a threat by the north was counseled something p.r. nyang had demanded for years in vain until now. how are you commuting under close cooperation south korea and the united states have decided to suspend all the plans for the annual defense of drills which were to take place in august will the u.s. all the ball is now firmly in kim's court and while it's still not clear what the two leaders discussed how and when north korea will begin denuclearization was almost certainly on the agenda. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world of origin into danger have been searching for survivors from the ferry that sank in the country's lake toba on monday four bodies have been recovered so far but there are fears of more than one hundred ninety people around the disaster occurred in bad weather. and canada is on track to become the second country in the world to think about cannabis the senate has approved a bill to permit the production and consumption of the drug for recreational use of the bill has been a key ca

south korean military exercises seen as a threat by the north was cancelled something p.r. nyang had demanded for years in vain until now. commuter under close cooperation south korea and the united states have decided to suspend all the plans for the annual defense of drills which were to take place in august. the ball is now firmly in kim's court and while it's still not clear what the two leaders discussed how and when north korea will begin denuclearization was almost certainly on the agenda. time to talk world cup now we have cross harrington from v.w. sports with us hi chris hi hi good to see early let's talk about group b. because that portugal was battling morocco just a few hours ago they started to talk us through that one well you know the way many expected portugal you know won one nil over morocco c.r. seven now leads a golden boot race he was tied with russia's cherie show off but here's a take of the action now a header for maybe the actually now that goal pretty much gives him like i'm missing the golden boot and that was a. corner taking another look actually i'v

letter itself was passed to trump by a former north korean intelligence chief who was part of the p.r. nyangdelegation in the u.s. the upcoming summit was earlier called off by trump due to what he called open hostility and while the true talk seemed to be back on track the pentagon chief james mattis on the line that young will only get sanctions relief when it takes irreversible steps to end its nuclear program but some of the experts we've been speaking to agree that the language of ultimatums is unlikely to solve the situation on the korean peninsula. but spiel where there are a lot of people here in washington who do not want this summit to take place and they certainly do not want any kind of accord between north korea and the united states idea that this could be a gradual process is a realistic one but i think here people here would like to present the north koreans with an ultimatum which of course will will will not solve the problem doesn't understand anything beyond the fact that this could be a good photo op and possibly a boon for his ratings the u.s. has never taken north kore