secretary of state mike pompeo just took a question.quite a short answer to that, saying we have been clear on the sequencing. it was answering that question in relation to someone saying that donald trump had said that people can sleep well tonight, but, of course, north korea still has their nuclear weapons. he really did not address that point. but he did say we are going to get denuclearisation. that is the aim of the countries there. we bring in our corresponded in washington, chris buckler, who has been listening to this press conference as well. it is interesting, i was talking a few minutes ago about how secretary of state mike pompeo was slightly irritable on wednesday when being questioned by reporters about the details. and i think we saw a slight flush of that again just a few minutes ago when he was asked about the sequencing, is this a problem for the white house, that there are so for the white house, that there are so few details about what they are asking north korea and in what order before north korea gets what it wa

secretary pompeo: thanks, sarah. reporter: sarah, are you going to take reporter questions after [inaudible]? secretary pompeo: yes, i'm going to take a couple reporter questions. [laughter] a couple. good afternoon. it's great to be joining you all here today. early in his presidency, president trump made a commitment to address the threat of north korea, which has been a threat to our nation for far too long. president trump has been, and continues to be, committed to ridding the united states and the world of threats posed by north korea's weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs. these programs threaten our homeland, our allies and partners, and the broader non-proliferation regime. north korea's past activities also make clear that it is proliferation to other actors that creates a risk, in addition to the primary risks. it has supporting infrastructure that is also of concern. in early 2017, the trump administration decided on a policy we have referred to as the "maximum pressure campaign"" th

pompeo: -- reporter: thank you, sarah. thank you, secretary pompeo. as you mentioned north korea in the past has reneged on prior agreements its has made with the u.s. government. i have two questions for you. first question has to do with your experience meeting with kim jong-un. do you trust him? and my second question has to do with the negotiations that are upcoming with north korea? who, in your opinion, has the upper hand in the negotiations and why? sec. pompeo: so with respect to your first question, i've had the chance to meet with chairman kim jong-un twice now. i can tell you he is very capable of articulating the things that he is prepared to do, present clearly the challenges that we all have to overcome. that's why the two leaders are meeting. it's the opportunity to lay those out clearly between the two leaders so we can see if we can find a path forward together that achieves the outcomes that both countries want. your second question? reporter: who has the upper hand in the negotiations? sec. pompeo: we don't think about it in terms o

secretary pompeo: i do. senator graham: do you believe that you cannot do much without security in terms of the state department if we backed out and your people would be sitting ducks? secretary pompeo: i do. senator graham: we will keep the aid coming to afghanistan and i don't think how the state department can operate if the security department does not exist read if we withdraw too soon, that will fall apart. that is just the way it is. in terms of north korea, if we achieve an agreement with north korea, would it be wise to send it to the congress? secretary pompeo: it do. senator graham: senator leahy and others sent you a deal with what it would look good on an agreement with north korea. any agreement must the built on the current nuclear test suspension and the removal of all nuclear and chemical and biological weapons from north korea. completemust be the denuclearization of north korea. must continue its ballistic missile suspension, or program, and north korea must submit to anytime anywhere ins

pompeo: it would. leahy andm: senator others sent you a deal with what on anld look good agreement with north korea. we must fully do nuclear eyes north crazy a -- the nuclear denuclearize north korea. north korea must submit anywhere, anytime inspections and any agreement with north korea must be permanent in nature. it is -- is that an outline of a good deal? i said i do three times, it is starting to sound like my wedding. yes, that is not outline the kind of deal of what president trump is looking to do. get graham: how we bipartisan support, we will do our best. i think you are the right got to try. i hope we succeed. if we fail it will be bad. syria. we have about 2200 troops in syria, is that correct? sec. pompeo: yes, sir. sen. graham: the state department for syria comment --, -- syria, can it be achieved? sec. pompeo: we are looking to achieve the political resolution since the uprising in syria. we not in a position where we leverage toent achieve the political outcome that is the best inter

pompeo: good afternoon. i want to get an update advance of president trump summit with chairman kim jong un. as the president said on saturday, this is truly a mission of peace. this afternoon the president called prime minister abe of japan and president moon of south korea. earlier today our ambassadors on kim met to meet with north korean delegation. the talks continue this afternoon, even as we sit here now. they are in fact moving quite rapidly and we anticipate they will come to their logical conclusion even more quickly thane had anticipated. before discussing the summit time i want to address a report in "the new york times" that suggested the u.s. team lacks the expertise on the north korean weapons programs as part of this talk. i want to address that report directly. over three months an interagency working group with over 100 experts across the government has met multiple times per week to address technical and logistical issues associated with dismantling north korea's programs. that includes ex

secretary of state mike pompeo will be here soon. he will let us know what we will expect to see in less than 24 hours away from the meeting. dave and christine. >> thank you, kaitlan collins. you see the room filling up. come back when you have more. thank you. >>> so president trump tries to make peace with the long-time enemy and simultaneously driving a wedge with the closest allies. attacking the members of the g on twitter talking about massive trade surplus and the u.s. paying almost the entire cost of the nato. after he heard prime minister justin trudeau retaliate over the steel tariffs. >> i made it clear to the president this is not something we relish doing, but something we will do. canadians are polite and reasonable, but we will not be pushed around. >> president trump calling trude trudeau's comments weak. >> he really stabbed us in the back. he really actually, you know what? he did a great disservice to the whole g7. >> there's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy from p

yesterday afternoon i sat down with secretary of state mike pompeo.ere's part two of that conversation. >> let's turn to iran. probably the greatest exporter of violence in the world on a daily basis. do you foresee using force if they continue on a nuclear path. >> i hope not. the prime drivers of iranian threat posture, i hope they recognize whatever other decisions other countries make, i hope they understand if they begin to ramp up their nuclear program, the wrath of the entire world will fall upon them. so it is not in their practical best interest to begin that. whatever happens to the jcpoa. i think the iranians understand that. it would be wholly separate from whether they spin a couple of centrifuges. if they move towards a weapons program, this is something the entire world would find unacceptable. and we would end up in a path that is not in the best interest of iran. >> when you say the wrath of the entire world, i'm talking about the entante. jordan, iraq, saudi arabia, united arab emirates. would they support that wrath in the form of a

pompeo: i do. sen. graham: i asked him what would happen if we withdrew in the next six months in afghanistan. he said he thinks it would lead to a lot of disorder. i asked, would it be different than iraq when we left to soon? he said it would be similar. what are the concerns? i would be concerned about isis and al qaeda's ability to emerge . they want to and are looking for that opportunity. do you agree with that assessment? sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: do agree with me that if we left without conditions of withdrawal come you cannot do much without security in terms of the state department, your people would be sitting ducks? sec. pompeo: i do. sen. graham: i want you to convey to the president that we will keep the aid coming to afghanistan, it is metrics-based, make sure we don't waste our money, but i don't see how the state department can operate if the security environment doesn't exist. if we withdraw too soon, it will fall apart. in terms of north korea, if we are able to achieve an agree

secretary of state mike pompeo there. right side of your screen is kim yong-chol moments ago walking in to the white house for a meeting with president trump. and there's chol there again strolling alongside the chief of staff, general john kelly, taking him to see the president of the united states. that was at roughly 1:14 and they are still inside the oval office breaking bread. the secretary of state, president trump and kim yong-chol. we know kim yong-chol delivered this handwritten letter -- maybe not handwritten, may have been a typewriter or computer used but a letter kim jong-un wanted president trump ho read ahead of this high doct-stakes summit th hears to be on for june 12th. on again/off again, on again/off again, now back on again. i want to bring in kelly o'donnell. kelly o. is standing by live at the white house. what do we know, or do we know, what's going to happen once this face-to-face wraps up? >> reporter: well, our viewers have come to hear us talk about the pool. we have a small group of our collea

i was surprised he was not named as pompeo's counterpart. it makes me wonder whether kim jong-un has not yet quite inided what team to field this negotiation. it will be important to sort that out. we can't begin negotiations until we have a north korean counterpart. how much of the host: team you saw that was at this meeting at this lunch, how many of them were new faces to american diplomats? ules and passing .r. 5327, suspending the rules and passing h.r. 5041. and agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal, if ordered. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes.

and secretary of state pompeo. i want to put up couple from congressman pompeo. congress pompeo kroet the obama administration has a penchant for giving unilateral concessions. this hallmark of the obama-clinton foreign has resulted in some of the most dangerous forge policy decisions america had made. that's him in march of '16. where did president obama go. the republic of cuba. president obama is giving fidel castro a huge public relations coup. there's a reason no one has visited for 88 years. that was congressman pompeo. this is the big criticism of this president. you gave kim jong-un the greatest propaganda gift his father and grandfather have dreamed of when they were alive. >> the facts on the ground have changed with these missiles. i'm all for kind of being realistic about that. you did not have to give him what you gave him. all the pomp and circumstance of a summit without any concessions on his part, any concessions on his part. even if you're going to do that because you had som theory of art of the

they were meeting with mike pompeo in order to get a trump/kim summit back on track. pompeo is optimistic but there is still work to be done. >> he either surprised or frightened or deterred by moments where it looks like there are challenges and difficulties, things that can't be bridged. our mission is to bridge them so we can achieve this historic outcome. >> let's go to john roberts. >> good morning. there is a chance we may hear more from the president about north korea at the coast guard change of command. clearly coast guard is homeland security, north korea fits into homeland and national security as well. he has the big meeting, the whole thing begins at 1:00 this afternoon. the president will be meeting with mike pompeo, the secretary of state first, and then the

mike pompeo said not to read into that. but he did say they would be unique and different security options for the north korea ns f they show they are committed to that. he was asked about the cop ten shouse g-7 days of talks and diplomacy that have gone on. the tables were turned. instead of asked how the united states is supposed to ask north korea and whatever commits they make, he was asked how is north korea supposed to trust the united states and president trump after seeing the way president trump is now react to go united states' allies. mike pompeo said he doesn't think those are the same. he said it was a ludicrous comparison. he said essentially both of these leaders will have to come together and trust each other here. when they meet tomorrow, they will be meeting one on one. only translators will be in the room. we'll only have two people to give us accounts, kim jong-un and president trump. the only other people in the room will be the translators. that undermines what the objective for the meeting tomorrow is

pompeo: the president is totally prepared for the meeting tomorrow. i had the opportunity to make sure he has heard lots of different voices, all of the opportunities and risks, and we have put the two leaders in the right place. as i said to the previous question, president trump has that isid out a process fundamentally different than the ones we have gone through before and i expect that the process alsotomorrow forward will be fundamentally different with a result america working to provide an outcome that benefits both countries. that is different than what we have done before. >> preparations [indiscernible] yes, sir. >> thank you, secretary. [indiscernible] how can you trust the north korean leader? [indiscernible] sec. pompeo: i think the hypothesis is ludicrous. fooleited states has been d before. many presidents previously have signed off on paper to find that the north koreans either did not promise what we got they had or reneged on promises. it matters. we are going to ensure we set up a system that is robust and we are able to verify the

first the president heard about that, we all did yesterday from pompeo. and so this is a person who was brought to the oval office, if you will, through the journey of someone the president has appointed antitrust data. your thoughts? >> well, i think that's absolutely right. again, the secretary of state deserves a lot of credit for this, mike pompeo, for pushing this forward. again, this is also the person who is sanctioned by the united states because of his conduct. killed a number of south korean soldiers because he sponsored these cyber attacks on sony here in the united states. this is not a person that we should consider hero. he is simply an emissary. >> harris: no one is calling him heroic. >> we need to be realistic about what is happening here. the white house is putting its credibility on the line, even having someone like this in the white house. i agree it should happen but only because this is the chosen emissary of the north korean leader, and we are trying to make some concessions. it is appropriate, but this is not a person that anyone

pompeo as well. secretary of state has indicated that kim jong un knows what the united states means by denuclearize and has shown a willingness to do that which is the first step of progress to make something like this happen, make a deal like this happen, a deal which has been speculated to be a failure from the get-go by a lot of the media and president's opponents saying there's no real shot of making anything happened. jillian: you mentioned the g7 coverage, you mentioned onto bigger and better things now and that's, of course, what we are waiting, over the weekend president trump did speak about the upcoming summit with north korean dictator kim jong un and he did say he's very optimistic about this meeting. rob: yeah, absolutely. in singapore just -- >> but i really feel confident. i feel that kim jong un wants to do something great for his people and he has that opportunity and he won't have that opportunity again. it's never going to be there again. >> so, we will, of course, keep you update

mike pompeo will us toward the end. hopefully there will be some ladders but there will be lots of chutes. it is much, much more complex. there is a lot of minute knew that to go through. >> and that's obviously more on the negotiation side. and on the international side. domestically at home, there is a fair amount of skepticism politically. here's a little bit of what we heard from senator corker. take a listen. >> i think sometimes the president has a tendency to stand up and say things that are ad hoc that haven't been vetted. sometimes those things are walked back after he's had conversations with people that are relevant to what he said. agn, i thi that's really important to get ppe in. >> important to get pompeo in. david, we know it's important at some point to get folks in washington on board. the president said nothing would happen without approval by congress. >> congress will look at this over time. now you have a really process, if it's a real process. if there is anything to actually negotiate. all we can

ands never to south korea handed over to mike pompeo.tsding our relating to the degree -- denuclearization of north korea. the discussions we held today and most of the three of us flect our three country's commitmento work together. today, the foreign minister and i discussed the outco of the summer with kim jong-un and the importance to stay closely coordinated throughout a denuclearization. summit two days ago does indeed market turning point in the u.s.-north korea relationship. kim jong-un's public commitment to completely denuclearize is an important step in bringing lasting peace and stability to northeast asia and indeed to the entire world. as the president said, this will be a process, and not an easy one. staying a closely aligned with our allies, the republic of korea and japan will be critical to the success of that outcome. the world should rest assured states, theted republic of korea and japan remain committed to achieving the complete, verifiable and irreveization of north korea. the u.s. alliances with these two countri

i talked to mike pompeo when he was on a couple of weeks ago.hey had the conversation he said they talk for an hour and a half. i said was there ltaneous translation or consecutive where one guy talks and then they have to wait for the translator which means you get half as much time of actual conversation. he said they had consecutive translation. one guy would talk and then they would have to wait for the translation. he said he got the distinct impression that kim understood what he was saying in english and basically took advantage of the translation to farm late his answer. we don't know what's going to happen. but it's going to be -- and you know, we will never know exactly because, as you say, it's going to be just the two of them and their translators in the room. but it should be fascinating. these are two very wiley, very cagey, very unpredictable leaders. and i think this will really be the key to the summit. steve: sure. >> it will be sizin up. they will sense -- can they do business with each other? does it make sense to continue an

julie: that was secretary of state mike pompeo.side from downplaying the intrigue that he talked about at the end. kimfact that pompeo said jong-un is willing to denuclearize, probably the most significant comment to come out of the breathing. reporter: absolutely, and that is the furthest we have seen him go. he is the most senior ranking official who has met directly with kim jong-un and he has just said that the north koreans are prepared and kim jong-un told him they are prepared to do not rise. he used the word -- prepared to denuclearize. he used the words big and bold. that was to downplay expectations, i am not sure i heard that. on the issue of intrigue and the differences between john bolton and secretary pompeo, he is saying, president trump brought us on board to hear different points of view and it will not be a distraction coming into the summit. i thoughtething else was interesting is despite the meeting we just saw between shinzo abe and president trump, at which abe was emphasizing abductees, that is not something

pompeo, secretary pompeo, much less evident in quebec, joining in the flight to singapore. i'm not at all clear that secretary pompeo is as happy about thind of trashing of canada's prime minister. >> no. in fact, i think the person i talked to over the weekend made it very clear, this is a white house ging, tthing, the g7, we' really involved in it. you know, this is a big, big moment in the relationship. you don't see this kind of blowup every day. as you said, andrea, i've covered a lot of these g7s. i can't remember anything like this. >> i wanted to ask ben rhodes about this kind of confrontation with our closest allies, especially as the president is saying, if things don't go well in singapore, he's prepared to go back to maximum pressure, which means negotiating with our allies to toughen sanctions. certainly it's going to get tough to get russia and china to join in. but if they can't get the g7 to join in, where is the future pressure on north korea? especially after we have gotten out of the iran deal. i want to -- as you start talking, let's take a look, all of

pompeo says kim is also prepared. >> he knows his brief. he knows what he is trying to achieve for the north korean people. he's able to deal with complexity when the conversation requires it. >> secretary pompeo arrived in singapore with president trump on board air force one. he leaves alone, traveling to seoul in beijing, to update regional allies and adversaries of whatever the president and kim accomplished here. bret? bret: rich edson, just around the block here in singapore, rich, thank you. syrian president says the west is fuelling the devastating war in his country with the aim of toppling him. assad tells an interviewer today western nations have lied about the chemical attacks in syria and backed terrorist groups there. he says russia has supported his government against what he calls the foreign invasion. the syrian civil war began in 2011 and has claimed nearly a half million lives. >>> well, as john mentioned earlier in the show, president trump arrived here in singapore after leaving the g-7 economic summit in canada. and to

we start with mike pompeo on a nuke shuttle diplomacy mission. he will discuss north korea with president xi and other officials. he underscored north korea must denuclearization before easing of sanctions. he tried to ease concern about verification. >> sanctions relief cannot take place until such time as we have demonstrated north korea has been completely denuclearization. the summit created this enormous historic opportunity. for us to move forward together and fundamentally shape the relationship with the united states and north korea. verification is central to that. certainly denuclearization encompasses that idea clearly. >> pompeo pushing back against criticism the joint declaration of kim jong-un and donald trump did not have the words verifiable or irreversible. trump said complete is in the statement and encompasses both terms. he said the omission is insulting and ludicrous. we turn to nic robertson in seoul. he went full thesaurus on that. >> reporter: yes. he expected this push back and he made it clear that what kim jong-un was s

secretary of state mike pompeo saying the president is very well prepared. these are really the last flurries of activity we are seeing ahead of the meeting. we see a few media scrums here. everybody camped outside the hotel with the north korean delegation and following them as they go to meet with the u.s. delegation. we have not seen anything of kim jong-un today. the north korean leader. we have been hearing from state-run media they have announced publicly this is happening. they announced it to their people. showing that they do believe it could go well. it is quite unusual to announce this thing ahead of time. the famous anchor woman coming forward and talking about it and it being a historic tour. back to you. >> the president of the united states on air force one on sunday. the leader of north korea on a borrowed plane fro china. really fascinating dynamic. thank you for that. talk to you soon. >>> after months of preparations, we are getting our final glimpse of what is ahead for this meeting. we will hear from secretary of state mike pompeo in jus

this is what mike pompeo had to say. i am not sure if we have the actual sound on it, but i can read out the quote. sorry? yvonne? all right, we do not have the sound for it. let's talk about what happened yesterday. kim exploring the lion city a bit. he got some cheers by onlookers. today, kim said he learned a lot from the experience of singapore, so it seems like he was in good spirits. stephen: not a bad model to emulate if you want to change the economy. glimpse of a glimmering, shining economy here in singapore as he walked in and out along the central they business district. he also took in the port. i'm not sure he went on the way over to the port. looking at the economy and successes that singapore has made since its independence in an absolute long way. north korea would want similar ambitions. i want to get back to that mike pompeo quote he had that i was about to read out. he says the united states -- they are reported to take actions that will -- we will take actions that will provide north koreans sufficien

final word. >> pompeo goes into this with his eyes wide open.ows the facts, knows how hard this will be to translate these goals into reality. but he is capable of holding their feet to the fire and saying, okay, if you want to do this, here's what it takes. >> sandra: we'll see where it goes next. chairman, great to have you on the program. please come back. >> thank you, ma'am. >> bill: i was watching my tv closely. i know you were. we were texting each other trying to figure out what comes next. what about the images we're watching. here's one image that i think captures this moment when -- right there. see that with the thumb? that was the moment -- how these guys going to react to each other? >> sandra: you said we were texting. you took a picture of that on your tv. >> bill: i did. i took a picture of the handshake. i call it the grip. i took a picture of this, the thumb. kim's eyes are not meeting his eyes there. that's what i notice. we didn't know how -- >> sandra: he's looking at the thumb. the u.s. president giving me a thumbs up. wha

i think he really feels that pompeo has his back and when pompeo says it's safe to go ahead with themit, then drum can believe it. >> ed: chris is right because this kicked into high gear when that man, mike pompeo, took that a secret mission to pyongyang over easter weekend, none of us knew about it, until later. to meet face-to-face. the doors are opening, folks. here it is. we are going to listen and so you can hear it. history before our eyes. >> president trump: so we are signing a very important document. pretty comprehensive document. and we've had a really great term together, a really great relationship. i will be giving a news conference at 2:30, which is in a little bit less than two hours, and we'll discuss this at great length. in the meantime, i believe they'll be handing it out on behalf of chairman kim and myself, and we are both very honored to sign the document. thank you. >> reporter: [foreign-language] >> tralato [speaking in foreign-language] >> president trump: would you like to say something to the press? >> [speaking foreign-language] >> translator: today, we

what mike pompeo has done is absolutely incredible. truly incredible. >> mike pompeo is a rock star. he came in first in his class at west point? >> at west point. >> sean: we are a little jealous a little bit too much resume building here. continue with our panel. as we just saw moments ago, a photo opportunity. the president kim jong un they are now meeting, what is scheduled to be only a 49 minute meeting. we will be watching the time and see what happens. it is understood that the president -- they might be both going home after this all happens for the very latest we have right here with us in singapore fox news chief national correspondent our friend ed henry is with us. ed, what's going on? interesting you mentioned the timing. commentary on other channels maybe because this schedule is getting compress you had that the deal was following through. the president trying to extinguish any talk along those lines with some tweets right before these talks started haters and others trying to calm this down. white house telling me they

>>t th point we're waiting to hear from secretary pompeo. we have a live shot of the news nferen where reporters have assembled from all around the world. it seems like there's so much riding on this summit. is there any chance that we get real actionable steps forward towards denuclearization what do you anticipate >> the event has to be accompanied by a process in order to be deemed successful and so i do think that the technical negotiators, ambassador sun kim are working hard to try to figure out what that process looks like. and it really involves also closing the gap on pace and price of denuclearization and that means commensurate steps to move towards a more normal relationship with north korea. >> there's been differing definitions on what denuclearization means is it not in kim's best efforts to keep this process going, to essentially maintain whatever leverage he might have >> yeah. i think the most interestingabo going to be the question of whether or not the trump administration is going to be able to get some kind of front load

pompeo is leading in a way that this president wants. i have so much confidence in secretary pompeo, and i'm glad that he is there. remember, the art of the deal -- he is a dealmaker. there is a deal to be made to that is good, he's going going to make it. speak >> harris: i like what you said. so interesting. >> dagen: he is doing business with them, so be careful what you offer them from here on out. and be careful with south korea. >> harris: the three americans home. >> dagen: they do not have our national security in their best interest. >> harris: nothing else was accomplished. >> david: this president is clear eyed about it. >> harris: all right, this will continue to make news because we are keeping an eye on the white house and will bring you any developments on the development of that letter being carried it from kim jong un. a fly on the wall. we will cover it all as it happens. meanwhile, the president considering clemency for more people after issuing another part of yesterday. i talked democrats accusing the president is tr

pompeo says kim is also prepared. >> he knows his brief. what he is trying to achieve for the north korean people. he's able to deal with complexity when the conversation requires it. >> secretary pompeo arrived in singapore with president trump on board air force one. he leaves alone, traveling to seoul in beijing, to update regional allies and adversaries of whatever the president and kim accomplished here. bret? bret: rich edson, just around the block here in singapore, rich, thank you. syrian president says the west is fuelling the devastating war in his country with the aim of toppling him. assad tells an interviewer today western nations have lied about the chemical attacks in syria and backed terrorist groups there. he says russia has supported his government against what he calls the foreign invasion. the syrian civil war began in 2011 and has claimed nearly a half million lives. >>> well, as john mentioned earlier in the show, president trump arrived here in singapore after leaving the g-7 economic summit in canada. and to say that

again, i think that's why it's important to get pompeo in. >> nobody wants a war. hopefully trump -- i wouldn't go down the road if i was north korea. the president if he doesn't get deliverables, if he doesn't get verification? >> i think that there are people inside the administration, and certainly in congress, who will be looking at that. if you look at secretary pompeo, he's been very clear as to what the administration was seeking in terms of a verifiable denuclearization. and i think the administration itself does not want to be seen as being played for a fool by north korea. and i do think it's important to think back to six months ago, nine months ago, 12 months ago, see that if the diplomatic process is allowed to play out in a way that makes sense to the americans, then i think that there will be people inside the administration who feel like they've gotten something in exchange for the pageantry. on the other hand, there are many who are skeptical of the fact that this time will be different. we've gone, we've seen part of this play before. even for tho

pompeo can bexie. keep using the terms complete verifiable, non-reversible, denuclearization. that will not be the near-term accomplishment. the question is, are we prepared to get down to work? canh specific concessions we offer along the way? the process has to begin with a verifiable database on north korean production sites for nuclear terial and long-range missiles. we have to have inspectors verify that the north koreans have what they say they have. -- the database on what is there now. host: are those inspectors ready to go? we don't know who they would be. there are moniting for the korean peninsula, but they have not been involved in the bottom inspections. the inrnational atomic energy agency that used to verify -- we don't even know if that would be the group that would be given access. it might be a different group. host: president trump and leader can meeting for the first time. the rest of the two teams at the table, how many knew each other from previous negotiations? aret: these relationships building in 20. john bolton had previous contact with north korea 15

first secretary pompeo will give keynote remarks. following that, secretary pompeo and ms. trump will honor our heros and hear brief remarks from one of them. after the event concludes, i will invite you to pick up a copy of the report at the back of the auditorium. ladies and gentlemen, secretary of state, michael r. pompeo. [ applause ] welcome, everyone, to the state department. we are incredibly proud to be hosting this event today. i want to thank ivanka trump for joining us for the second year in a row now. your personal engagement with this issue matters an awful lot. it illustrates the administration's complete commitment and the priority we place on human trafficking. both at home and abroad. thank you very much for being with us today. your advocacy matters, and we'll talk about that today. i'm also honored to have senator corker, fellow representative smith, and representative donovan, thank you all for being here and joining us today as well. we know that putting an end to human trafficking is a bipartisan objective. it supercedes any politics here in the united

we've heard statements from mike pompeo. we've heard other things in treats from the president saying that this is what they want, demutualization of the peninsula. do you think president trump has enough leverage to go into this meeting tomorrow and get the promise from kim jong un? neil: the answer is yes, but it's all up to king. markets need to take a deep yoga breath because the u.s. underlying strategy really protects our vital interests and as long as the strategy remains in place and the u.s. doesn't compromise on the strategy, we have nothing to worry about. let's say the president is overwhelmingly successful and can actually agree to remove his nuclear program in order to open up to the last. the administration has been pretty clear that the treaty is signed off by the senate. that is going to take time to negotiate. nothing magical will happen in the next 48 hours. >> there's been a lot of course commentary from senior white house officials as they prepare for the summit. listen to what larry kudlow said on "face

tom: secretary michael pompeo with comments and questions.ramework of the room made it hard to hear the questions. remarkable difference from the pace of secretary tillerson. pompeo first in his class at west point and a kansas congressman. we have heard in some of the interviews we have done over the last number of days that a number of the cia troops have come over to the state department with mr. pompeo and are no doubt involved with this summit. interesting comments. haslinda amin is in singapore. what did you hear from the secretary of state? i think he shows a lot of confidence that something will come out of it. he came across like both sides are willing and one thing for this to be successful is he did say talks are progressing quicker than thought, and in the context of the discussion this time around is different from what we have seen before. he is confident, but the u.s. maintains the same thing. the u.s. says it wants to nuclear's asian -- it once denuclearization and until that happens sanctions will not be lifted. north korea w

pompeo and, on, all of us who have worked towards the meeting and its outcome. >> i want to push you on the statement by president trump. let me read you a tweet that he made as he landed after the summit. just landed a long trip, but everyone can now feel safer than the day i took office. there's no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. meeting with kim jong-un was an interesting and very positive experience. north korea has great potential for the future. of course, we do remember that he said it has great potential in terms of real estate. i want you to tell me, north korea is no longer a nuclear threat, is that what you believe? >> i think the fact is that they still have the nuclear capability. but i think what he is saying is that we have made a huge step forward, huge strides towards eliminating that threat. yes, we are well opn our way. the hard work of actually eliminating that lies before us. >> foreign minister, isn't that the point? it wasn't so long ago that kim jong-un and donald trump were trading massive insults, also trading insults and threats between north and

secretary pompeo understands that.emonstrated that the united states has the military might to do what needs to be done. if there is some rogue north korean desire to go do something silly to the united states of america or our allies, south korea or japan. >> shannon: speaking of the allies, th g7. there's been a lot of consternation about the way the president talk to them. how it may impact our ability to put together a tough agreement with north korea and we don't have solid relationships with our allies, that they feel rattled if they are not on board. senator mccain tweeting "to our allies, bipartisan majorities remain pro-free-trade, pro globalization. america stands with you even if our president doesn't." someone from the president's own party. >> that's by senator mccain lost his presidential election. by the american people look to donald trump and said we can perpetuate the status quo. or we can have a disruptive president. 30 out of 50 states voted for donald trump and put him into a position not to perpet

pompeo says he wants to see me find in this meeting. we normally hear it might run into two or three more summits and it may be something larger. we will see president raining in expectations. initial outcomes are supposed to be more initial but perhaps the end to the korean war and north korea saying what it wants as a security guarantee perhaps involving the us altering military drills with south korea but very importantly, secretary mattis has made clear that us military personnel levels in south korea will not be part of these discussions. you can ignore the fact that president trump is what got him here and there has been successes for the president from the release of those three us hostages , too name one. from here on out it will be hard and president trump himself has said he expects that the summit to go off script at some point but also, you can forget the amazing transformation we seem to conduct himself. last year he was seen as a despot who murdered his uncle and brother and had gulags where there are public executions and

it's a good thing that secretary of state pompeo said the president is well prepared here. we did hear from president trump in his own right leaving the g7 meeting saying that he's feeling optimistic about the meetings. in fact, he thinks he'll be able to tell just within a minute whether they're going well and whether these talks will be a success. once again, president trump as he met with singapore prime minister lee here, he looks forward to these and he expects they'll work out very well to your point, denuclearization being the big issue, making sure everyone agrees on their issue and there's been this talk of working towards peace. in fact, kcna, the state media of north korea, listed that in their first priority as a list of topics that will be discussed with kim jong-un that's interesting for many, many years they've been working towards this. they want to make changes since the 1953 armistice but u.s. president donald trump is facing plenty of pressure from home, including from lawmakers on capitol hill not to give too much away when it comes to giving away things

that's hard work that pompeo needs to actually accomplish. i do think there is reason for some level of cautious optimism that we're heading into a more positive direction for the world. the question is to what extent does it benefit the united states. i do worry that over the medium term as we see more peace the united states will be more marginalized in this reason in the same way that after the syria conflict we didn't see the same level of refugees today coming out of syria but the united states isn't calling any shots. it's all about russia and iran. i could easily see that happening in five years over north korea. >> but in some ways, david, isn't that what president trump has been pushing towards, not that he doesn't want to be a player in the world, obviously, but we know the president is looking at this very much as, what's good for us now not necessarily how does this translate down the road. >> certainly. he definitely is short-term player in many ways with his politics. another thing that one republican senator told me yesterday w

let me go back to secretary pompeo. you and i have both been very vocal over the last year about concerns over the budget cuts, concerns over filling and making sure that the state department that foggy bottom has its share of full personnel. democracy programs have been a priorityerinly for both of us. when secretary pompeo reached out to you, and i know he asked you for your advice, what was your advice? >> well, he didn't yet ask for the advice. >> okay. well, he at least called you. >> he called, and he said that he was interested in some of the things that i'd written. i had, in fact, written about the state department budget and the importance of it and democracy. i do think the following thing. and this is the last group that actually needs facts on this because you all know it. but when you talk about how much the state department budgeis, i am all for the military. i really am for the military. so this is not a matter of trade-offs. but the budget for the defense department is kind of like $700 billion. and the

in a statement secretary state mike pompeo says the president is prepared and adds, quote, the president and entire u.s. team are looking forward to tomorrow's summit. we had substantive meetings to date including today with the north koreans, the u.s.' position remains clear and unchanged. that, of course, the complete verifiable denuclearization of north korea. as is customary, president and other senior officials meet with embassy staff in singapore instead of embassy visit, staff members met the president and secretary at nearby hotel. for weeks teams have been negotiating how north korea might dismantle nuclear program and when it would receive it, defining that and the specifics of that will be and have been very difficult to arrive at. the president says for this to be a successful summit. at the he's he wants to establish a good relationship with him, the president has acknowledged this may take two or three, possibly four discussions between him and leader of north korea. at maximum, he's hope to go reach something larger than that. the president says he will know within the fir

mike pompeo has a more nuanced approach. >> secretary pompeo dismissed giuliani's remark. >> i know rudy, he doesn't speak for the administration when it comes to his negotiations on this set of issues. >> reporter: * an administration issue says secretary pompeo speaks with the president about this several times a day. and he says kim is also prepared. >> he knows what he's want to achieve for the north korean people. reporter: secretary pompeo arrived with president trump. and he leaves alone going to seoul. ed: rich, we appreciate that report. another report suggested president trump will use his business savvy ding negotiations with kim jong-un, painting a picture of a very different north korea. what the president reportedly has in mind. his pitch. kim jong-un coming up next. ancestrydna told my dad he comes from the southern coast of ireland. i think it's why we've been doing this...forever. my dad has roots in the mountains of northern mexico. home to the strongest runners in the universe. my dad's ancestors were african bantu. i bet they told the most amazing stories. with twice

now it's on mike pompeo to close the deal.tary of state, he just landed in seoul, south korea. he'll brief the south koreans on the trump-kim summit. then he's charged with negotiating an agreement that leads to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. for the first time since president trump and kim jong-un shook hands, we're getting reaction from the north korean regime. nic robertson live with that from seoul. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. a warm, glowing reaction from the north korean regime, absolu. never really heard of before where they would praise the united states or president trump directly. this is what they're saying -- they're saying preside trump pr summit will improve the u.s.-north korean relations and said that the supreme leader's active and peace-loving measures that were starting earlier in year established peace and stability on the korean peninsula. so praising president trump, praising kim jong-un which is not surprising, that's what they normally do. also praising president

meanwhile, secretary of state mike pompeo continuing his asia tour, discussing the summit with allies. he is in beijing at this hour after meeting with south korean officials in seoul where he vowed no sanctions would be lifted unless complete denuclearization happens. so a lot to cover. let's start with polo sandoval in hard-hit pennsylvania. what's happening, polo? >> reporter: alisyn, two major storm systems sweeping through pennsylvania overnight. now that the sun is out, a clear picture of the damage left about hind in will, bury. you can see vehicles tossed around like toys. some of them look like they have been hit by a train. not only can you see the damage, you can even smell it. crews trying to repair a broken propane line. the question now, what caused all of this? were they straightline winds or a possible tornado? it would not be be unusual in this particular area. that will be up to the national weather service to decide. when they come out and look at all the damage left behind, there is perhaps positive news here on the six minor injuries reported by officials. they ex

we start with secretary of state mike pompeo.n a nuclear shuttle diplomacy mission landing in beijing. he will discuss north korea with president xi and other officials. any deal for north korea to denuke must include verification. >> sanctions relief cannot take place until we codemonstrated tt they denuke. for us to move forward and reshape the relationship between the united states and north korea. verification is central to that. complete denuclearization. certainly encompasses that idea very clearly. >> pompeo pushing back against criticism that the joint declaration signed by president trump and kim jong-un did not have the words verifiable and irreversib irreversible. pompeo called questions about the words omissions insulting and ridiculous and ludicrous. for the latest, we turn to matt liv rivers in beijing. matt, they must be very receptive and thrilled audience given what transpired in beijing? >> reporter: the chinese not unhappy with the first day of the summit. not the least of which the military exercises that the

pompeo calling them substantive and detailed. secretary pompeo said the summit tomorrow is a mission of peace. >> president trump i going in can confidence and an attitude of looking for real progress. he realizes if he denuclearizes. >> good morning, president trump and kim jong un will meet one on one to begin tomorrow's summit. that information from multiple white house officials here in singapore. no word on how long that face to face will go. it is likely they will be joined with other officials. mike pompeo joining with kim jong un on two separate occasions. pompeo described some pregame prep as substantive and detailed. in a statement he says that the president is also prepared for the engagement with kim jong un. he opens the meeting will be very interesting and work out nicely. for the president, it's not clear what he will take away. for chairman kim, it is departme respectability on the world stage sharing summit being received there in south korea, janua janis. >>> they are confirmed that moon jae-inn had a phone call