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this is where i bring in south korea. ways north korea keeps things under control is to suppress the freedoms and human people and also information. if they did improve human rights that means it would create more choices for people. and in that situation people would prefer freedom, they would ander a liberal democracy market economy that is south korea. as long as south korea exists evidence, it is going to feel insecure. how can we ever satisfied north korea's insecurity? aboutwondering if a talk that. what i was going to say what this collapse idea. paper on claps a wild back. -- a wil .- a while back from four years ago, now it is a shell from what was. it's control is weakening everyday. the main aspect of that is money. now everybody uses money and the .razy thing is, u.s. dollars regime.ronts to the that tells you how weak the state is, economically and socially. they still have the command structure and they still own country. that is the part they are holding onto. i would offer that they could refow a chinese ro

an american for star general is in charge of the entire military operation of south korea there are south koreans that want their sovereignty back and be able to make sovereign decisions for their own country their own people and you know it's the people to the north they're related to them they're the same people here all right here and again this is going to be sending messages to other groups and politicians in asia there are within this web of military bases that the united states is created in the pacific there are people in japan will say we should take care of ourselves we're a rich country and of course it would be good for their arms it's just there's been trying to get u.s. forces and exactly over an hour or so i think that the united states are afraid that south korea will go all the way over iraq i mean look at their rock yeah they let the russian planes through into syria without the iraqi government taking the decision i mean we don't know exactly how it will stake and probably it was iranian influence probably something else but iraq has shown a certain deal of so

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and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. india it's a visit the would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea

americans don't have an embassy in north korea donald trump hasn't even sent a new ambassador to south korea many old korea hands who know the region know the language have recently left the administration so the big question is who will prepare the president for such a meeting and even more important will the president let's people prepare him for such a meeting because president trump is famous for. being a very spontaneous he likes to improvise he likes to follow his gut feeling and that might not be the best approach if you meet someone like kim jong un if you want the summit to be more than a photo opportunity even when it's a historic one carson phenomena reporting from washington thank you. well for more analysis on this historic we want to turn now to hanna somai he is professor of korean studies at the university of berlin thank you so much professor for being with us what i'd like to understand is how did we go from fire and fury and mr trump deriving at the north korean leader as a rocket man and then kim of course returning that favor saying he's a dotard to the meeting in the su

an american four star general is in charge of the entire military operation of south korea there are new south koreans that want their sovereignty back to be able to make sovereign decisions for their own country their own people and you know it's the people to the north they're related to them they're the same people here all right and again this is going to be sending messages to other groups and politicians in asia there are within this web of military bases of the united states is created in the pacific there there are people in japan will say we should take care of ourselves we're a rich country and of course it was good for their arms.

south korea's president j.n. says japan hasn't resolved the issue of so-called comfort women thousands of korean women were forced into sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two japan has described moon's comments as extremely regrettable. donald trump's white house communications director is resigning copecks made the announcement today after she testified before a congressional panel that's investigating accusations of russian interference in the twenty's sixteen election rescue workers in most of us still searching through bombed out buildings seven months after the rock iraqi government declared victory over iceland the city they found more than three thousand bodies and they still much work to do a warning might find some of the pictures in one package disturbing. it's a city in ruins with entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble the most damage is in most of all city that stood for centuries before the i saw this is where i sell fighters for to the bitter end. and as bulldozers sift through th

and south korea. and that's a very important concession, john, because pyongya pyongyang's position in the past has been that removing its nuclear weapons, getting rid of that arsenal is a red line. it's taboo, non-negotiable. here he is floating this possibility. then we had an extension of an invitation to xi jinping to visit north korea in the future which we hear the chinese leader has accepted. what does this say? well, north korea's isolation which has been extreme in recent years is coming to an end and also some of the differences have been smoothed over which may give kim jong-un a stronger bargaining point when he goes in to talks with the south korean president next month, and then the expected historic face-to-face meeting with president trump sometime after that. john. >> very interesting to watch. kim saying the words he knows he needs to say to get the progress he wants. ivan watson, thanks so much. >>> questioning the president under oath. the lawyer for stormy daniels asks a judge to

it very well may take in south korea where the talks have been going on on the border of north and south korea. it would be an extraordinary moment to have the president fly over to south korea for a meeting of this nature. it's unprecedented and i would have to imagine that administration officials while not saying publically are privately concerned about whether or not the north koreas can behave themselves between now and this meeting so it can take place. >> it's incredible when you consider the relationship between the two leaders over the past year it's been nothing if not contentious. >> reporter: that's right. it was around seven months ep ago when the president described kim jong-un as rocket man. and kim jong-un returned the favor with insults lobbed at the president. and over the summer it was an extraordinary moment when the president warned the north korean dictator that he would meet fire and fury like he's never seen before. we had the scary moments over the summer where people in qualm we -- guam were concerned about their safety. it's remarkable that things have develope

, south korea? they have not said anything at this point whether they would do this and host this. >> that is anybody's guess. i would be surprised, frankly, if trump to go to john yang, but that is a possibility. it might be in a city close to their such as beijing. even a city in russia and that part of the pacific area. it could be anywhere. i think that fact that trump is willing to meet with tim jong own desk kim jong-un shows the united states understands that only through direct negotiations said talks can the situation be resolved. i think it is important to look that northessions korea made. after all, one of the big issues they have had for years has been these u.s.-south korean military exercises that take place twice a year. which i have talked about quite a lot on this show. they practiced things over the years things like decapitation of the leadership of north korea and assassination and regime change. well, north korea agreed to these talks and said they would suspend their nuclear t

and, yes, it probably is significant south korea and the us wa nts significant south korea and the uss out of the way ahead of important summits at both the end of this month and potentially at the end of may. remember, south korea is agreeing to meet with kimjong—un by the end of april. and president trump says he will meet with kim jong—un at the end of may. they are looking for a deal on this peninsula, a big deal, on trying to get north korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons. so perhaps these kind of trade—offs, if you excuse the pun, are a way of getting this out of the way before this major political summit, summits, take place. thank you. you can watch more of the interview with the director—general of the world trade organization on hardtalk. that programme is on ubc world news at the times you should see a new moment on your screen. if you are in the uk you can watch it in full. watch hardtalk on the bbc iplayer. there are growing concerns about the safety of self—driving cars in the united states. that led shares in the chipmaker, nvidia, whose technology is used in the car

what president mccain said is against japan south korea agreement and it is totally unacceptable and extremely regrettable we immediately lodged a complaint with the south korean government the greenman isn't violent irreversible solution to the issue and japan has conducted all of the obligations based on the agreement and now we're just south korea to do the same thing japan also very pointedly reminded south korea that this latest spat comes to very difficult time when japan and south korea along with the united states should be showing a united front to the village or its of north korea with regards to into korean relations and also used his speech to call to build upon the goodwill that has been generated during these limpet games saying that north and south korea should be looking towards collaborative projects that will build two wards peace and economic progress if that is followed through if they can agree on projects between north and south korea that would be very tangible evidence of improvements in korean relations i'm just international says egypt's army is using banned

we asked the trade minister in south korea and they tried to brush it off. they cannot comment every time president trump makes remarks. of course, the issue of troops on the border is a national security issue to the south koreans. they are in ongoing negotiations with the u.s. about who pays for what and that is a separate issue. it is conflated by president trump. the foreign minister in south korea is en route to d.c. right now. she will meet with key officials. not meeting with rex tillerson as he is no longer secretary of state. >> you can sure bet north korea and kim jong un will get word of these remarks. david live for us in seoul. thank you. >> problems and disagreements are worked out by diplomats. there is no ambassador to seoul and transition is under way at the state department of outgoing secretary of state rex tillerson. set to sit down with the succc s successor, mike pompeo. the path to confirmation is becoming complicated for pompeo and the woman to replace him at the cia gina haspel. >> tim kaine has concerns about him elevated to the head

there you see john roberts, from south korea officials actually about north korea. an national security advisor will talk about an upcoming meeting between south korea's president and north korea dictator kim jong un and possibility of invite for a meeting between president trump and kim. now, you look at what the north koreans have done over the past few years. missile tests and missiles launched. take a look at that. 2017 missiles launched. 24. 16 tests conducted three intercontinental ballistic missile tests in 2017. we are told that they will stop testing and that they are talking about denuclearization. whether that's real or not, we shall see. you can see this statement right here live on fox. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. continuing coverage on "the story" with guest host sandra smith starting right now. sandra? >> sandra: bret, great to see you and great to have you back. we pick up "the story" from here. a fox news alert. we are awaiting what president trump trump says will be

, the result of which was to recommend talks among the united states, south korea and presumably is where this announcement tonight is going, that south korea says we are offering to actually do this thing, that, you know, they are recommending is a good idea to do. >> howard, if this is what it is, he's getting talks with north korea, is this victory for donald trump diplomacy? >> yeah, in a way. because any talk is good at this point. so he'll be able to -- he'll be able to take some credit, if, as we expect, the south korean national security advisor is going to be coming into the briefing room to brief. and if he says, you know, there are going to be some talks, that would have to be viewed as a positive thing. it was different than in the past because china's not part of the mix here at least initially. >> what do you make of that? >> from what i hear, or others not how much china's motivation is, how much they want to really see a deal, how much they really want peace in the peninsula, and trump who is skeptical of china, even though he praises the leader of chin

south africa twenty in capetown. you're watching out the zero time to recap our headlines this hour u.s. president dan trump has agreed to meet north korea's leader in the coming weeks south korean delegation delivered the invitation from kim jong un to the white house south korea's national security adviser says kim expressed a commitment to denuclearize ation the trumpet ministration has imposed tariffs on steel an alum indian imports despite warnings of a global trade war south korea says it will file complaints with the world trade organization. eleven countries have signed the revised trans-pacific partnership trade deal in chile they're hailing it as a move against protectionism after the u.s. pulled out of the agreement last year. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has arrived in djibouti as he continues his first official tour of africa djibouti is a vital part of the u.s. house an american military base that's used for counterterrorism operations in somalia and yemen and anti piracy surveillance in the red sea well last year china opened its first military base abroad as beijing and washington vying for influence in the african

north korea so the detail will be very important in potentially what has been discussed between south koreas being reported to donald trump. it makes sense to them to speak to one person who could make a difference and they immediately accepted this invitation to talk, the suggestion that president trump will meet kimjong—un kim by may is extraordinary considering they were swapping insults and talking about fire and fury. we have gone from times when president trump has been describing little rocket man and the response north korea has been describing him as a lunatic old man. we have gone to a time that these two men are prepared to meet and it is less than 2a hours since we have heard from the secretary of state rex tillerson who was asked specifically if there was a chance of talks between the us and north korea and he said, in terms of direct talks, and you asked about negotiations, we are long way from negotiations. that was less than 25 hours ago now not only do we have a delegation from america meeting the north koreans but potentially the us president meeting the north korean leade

to broker this meeting between president trump and the north korean leader talked about that yes south korea definitely was here the crucial the most decisive facilitator in the whole process as we know president. at his brilliant speech here last year he invited north korea to participate in the winter olympic games and this gave the north koreans a very good opportunity without losing face coming back into dialogue which was very much much needed for them also within south korea the un to you reproach them and forces the right as conservatives are now in a crisis they're very weak because two of the former presidents are embroiled in big scandals involving corruption so this was very important for a lot of it has to do with just south korea having a very progressive leader who wants to dial down the heated rhetoric that we saw over the past couple of months ok why has it become easier. for the north korean leader and the president of the us to sit at the same table what change this time around i think between those two leaders it's a similarity in style but of course we have to see for nor

south korea summit it could set the course for a total denuclearization on the korean peninsula and the meeting in made between kim and trump will be a historic moment for the peace of the korean peninsula analysts say the meeting will be a big step forward but first it has to take place. on al-jazeera iran macbride has more from pyongyang china on south korea's reaction. the office of the south korean president moon j.n. has hailed this as an historic accomplishment that potentially moves the korean peninsula towards the ultimate goal of denuclearization moon's office has heaped praise on both kim jong un of north korea and also donald trump of the united states saying it was their wisdom and bravery that has helped push this forward and agree to this historic meeting in reality many people here in south korea will credit moon j.n. for the his achievement in this diplomatic breakthrough for sending its delegation north and getting this agreement it's still not clear exactly what this meeting will look

proposed meeting has made headlines around the world but in north korea itself you might not have heard anything about it right mcbride is in the south korean capital seoul. if you are in north korea right now and you do not have access to an outside source of information then you will not know about the historic summit in all six pages of the road long since this is the state controlled main party newspaper there's not one mention of it the only related item is an article attacking the latest u.s. sanctions which it says are a further provocation possibly leading to war the problem in north korea is a propaganda machine that turns out a daily diet of common trees all the tacking the imperialist united states as the great war monger how do you now turn around and tell your people your leader is about to sit down and have a friendly chat with the leader of your arch enemy even harder it seems will be explaining that in preparation for this is sturrock summit you have put on hold work on your intercontinental ballistic missile this has been heralded as a great achievement of the socialist north korea the thing that will offer salvation

we saw that slide opening where north korea joined with south korea in the olympic game and marched together in the opening ceremonies. now moving to the next diplomatic step along the line which is talks between north korea and south korea. talks between the two leaders of north and south korea and then, maybe, a history-making event. the very first meeting of a u.s. president and a north korean leader since the korean war. i mean, that would be extraordinary. >> sandra: this announcement, john, is coming after hours of meetings today happening in that white house, just a reminder to everybody tuning in right now, we are expecting the south korean national security advisor to walk out to those microphones, as you just detailed, john, outside of the west wing poritco to make a major announcement and the pentagon, according to our reporting, has said this is going to include an invitation from kim jong un to meet with the president trump. do we know anything else more, john, about who will accompany him to that microphone to make this announcement? >> you know,er has a staff, clearly. and on

seizing the moment south korea's president moon jay in has been quick to credit both north korean and u.s. leaders can john young johnny president from leadership will be highly praised by the residents of both class korea and north korea by people around the world were hoping for. moon's liberal government says the way is now open to achieving denuclearization of the korean peninsula through peaceful means something almost inconceivable until recently but many conservatives say it's only been made possible by the u.s. threat of force so i think the south koreans and the north koreans kind of put their heads together and said well we need to come up with something otherwise we might all wind up having u.s. rockets landing in pyongyang where they're acting out of fear or seeing an opportunity much credit will go to south korea special envoys went to pyongyang on a mission of hope bringing back a landmark agreement and seoul exploited its good fortune in hosting the winter olympics just when the world needed a path to peace it's still early days but this is being seen as a major diploma

you're a former ambassador to south korea. there's currently no u.s. ambassador to south korea.sly, the north korean envoy for the state department resigned, retired a couple of weeks ago. the infrastructure, the normal diplomatic infrastructure is not in place for something so huge as this. >> it is huge. frankly, in a certain way, in terms of foreign policy, in terms of national security, he's betting his presidency on this. that would put it in the huge category. i would like to say though there are a lot of extremely talented people in the state department who are still there, working every day. i hope the president notices that because he can't -- this is not a one-man sport. he needs a whole team, and he needs to go to the state department. >> but he says that he has feelings, he works on his gut, and he says that his gut, his -- you know, these tweeted insults and then the return insults, all of that kind of stuff, the maximum pressure, the savsancti that has done what no other president has been able to do. >> what i would like him to do since he doesn't want to listen,

t replace a six-year-old agreement he spent the last year criticizeag. >> the we have with south korea is a very one-sided deal. it's a deal that has to be changed. the goal, to lower the u.s. trade deficit with korea, which stood $10 billion in 2017. the bulk of the imbalance, automobiles. u.s. car companies could only sell 25,000 cars each int kea before, a limit they didn't come close to meeting. e new deal doubles that limit, which ambassador robert lighthizer says should spur more business. >> we think we ar going to make real improvements. it's to the going to go to 50,000tuer manufr immediately. but i think it's going to get way above 25,000, and i think we are talking in the not too distant future about billions of dollars of additional sales. andou i say that other countries do sell in there, and products e kind o that they will buy. >> the white house says there are new cuts to regulation in korea and a side deal combatting currency manipulation as well as caps on how much steelorea can nd to the u.s. that's in light of roonl announced tariffs. trade talks were contentious wh

-south korea military drills, an american presence in south korea.hances ofny talks progressing if this is a condition? james: if you take in a separate of, yes. it is conceivable to me that the u.s. would suspend exercises during the negotiation, yes. honestly, sort of a removal of u.s. troops from the peninsula, that would be quite something to happen. asequal difficulty, i think, having an agreement that takes we all nuclear weapons on the peninsula. here is the interesting, -- here is something interesting, shery. south korea may be more open to that than the united states. south korea, the economy, big military, second-biggest arms fire in the world, and a country that wants to expand its sovereignty and have control over its own destiny. they may be more open to that idea in the long-term that u.s. officials are now. david: part of the heart of the matter -- how do we know as the united states that this is a bona fide and real attempt to move forward as opposed to an attempt to drive a wedge between the united states and south korea? when presi

we are in our way from what president trump calls a major statement by south korea about north korea.ws about the news to reporters in the briefing room a short time ago. >> south korea's gonna be making a major statement. speak up on watt, mr. president? 's ticket big subject. >> bret: and that was it, kind of cryptic. john roberts starts us off with breaking news from the north lawn. good evening, john. >> good evening, bret by the president went on to say a little further on in that

as the south korea, it has secured a partial exemption from president donald trump's new steel tariffsleased that it did not have to give ground on opening up its agricultural industry the us imports. korea is america's sixth largest trading partner, totalling $145 billion worth in trade in 2016 and this deal will hopefully reduce america's trade deficit with the rear of around $26 billion. according to both sides, it isa billion. according to both sides, it is a win—win situation. billion. according to both sides, it is a win-win situation. i will see it when it happens. rico hizon, thank you very much indeed. see you. let's go to the french capital paris now, where it's almost exactly half a century since the massive protests of may 1968. today, 50 years on, the issues may have changed, but that spirit of confrontation against the state is still very strong. president macron faces a summer of disruption and strikes over wages and his unpopular labour reforms. today, air france unions are staging another strike over pay. workers are calling for a 6% rise, the company says it can't aff

ambassador to south korea and head of u.s. negotiations with north korea between two thousand and three and two thousand and seven he surprised by this latest news but says the really hot begins now it is quite unprecedented i spent four years negotiating with north korea koreans in my capacity as the head of the u.s. delegation to the six party talks and i tell you we've never had a day like today so this is quite unprecedented quite extraordinary and the question really is how much will president trump try to ensure that a meeting which is apt defter all over climate of the realm when you have a meeting with the president the united states whether that meeting will really lead to the full dinnick denuclearization that we all are demanding if he has in mind just to sort of get together i think that's going to be very poorly received politically in this country so i think he's going to have to get his staff to work and they're going to have to figure out what the steps are they want to see coming from north korea they want to s

in the past, when the south korean president provided aid to north korea, i heard almost none of it went's going to turn out well. decades of distrust and suspicion divide north and south. people have learned that hope can be a bad thing. i'm told its hard to tell what is real progress and what is propaganda. a strong word of caution. the road ahead is very long, very complicated, very complex, and there's no guarantee that the north will ever give up its nuclear weapons easily, if at all. these talks are a huge political gamble. presidents moon and trump could be being played by pyongyang, or this peninsula could be on the verge of something it's been searching for for nearly seven decades, a peace treaty. this statue portrays two brothers divided by the war, in a last, desperate embrace. there's a sense of cautious optimism that this unresolved conflict could now have a happier ending. laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. in a moment, we'll speak to nick bryant at the white house, but first laura bicker joins us from seoul. it's an extraordinary diplomatic turnaround to move the us and north

what is the significance of that to south korea? it clearly demonstrates president trump's will, determination to, resolve this issue once and for all. i think that is rougely appreciated by the south korean public. the previous years before the administration has been one of nonaction called strategic patience, what has changed is the maximum pressure campaign which is series of security council sanctions but also u.s. unilateral sanctions. north corey is in a situation of very limited ability to engage economically with the outside world which means it has very limited ways of improving the livelihood of the people. >> brennan: you're describing a weak north korea financially. >> economically definitely. >> brennan: but they have never been this militarily strong when it comes to the development of their nuclear program. they have never come this close to be able to hit the u.s. mainland with weapon before, they are walking into these talks in a strong position in some ways. >> but i think that's probably what goes in to the north

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million people in south korea that are vulnerable, our troops are in south korea and japan. so i tip my hat to both of them. although i'm very worried that we don't fall into a trap. >> the president just tweeted, kim jong un talked about denuclearization with the south korean representatives, not just a freeze, also, no missile testing by north korea during this period of time. great progress being made. the sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached. meeting being planned. they say north korea is committed to denuclearization. can you put it into context, how significant those agreements are, and there's obviously reason to be skeptical. >> this could be a positive development, anderson. i'm still pretty skeptical about it. i'm not yet breathless as many people are, because we've watched for 70 years the vam strategy of the kim regime. their strategy has been regime survival. and unification on their terms, not other people's term, and that consist of sub version, and coercion and the use of force. and their vastraty has been to split the u.s. and south korean all

alliance the withdrawal of south korean troops from the peninsula there and so on there's no way south korea is going to agree to that so you know it unless we somehow find that there's been a real shift by president of iraq criticized them for simply not the u.s. and south korean side i don't see these talks actually getting anywhere a photo op maybe but beyond that what can it be so what you've just heard to what mr inforce has been saying about the challenge of the above the whole idea of the nuclear as a shit in terms of stein i mean the u.s. the authenticity of the u.s. foreign diplomacy with augusta north korea has been based on the idea of incentives for the north koreans to abandon their program but that if the if that doesn't work then they would go for sanctions this time we don't have any idea. about what is the u.s. approach when it comes to engaging the north koreans. right to be fair to the administration they undertook a very comprehensive policy review when they came into office of the first one before the iran review and so on and they develop a wide range of possible option

but for south korea to entice mr. kim into denuclearization is through carrots, through incentives. e south koreans don't want to see the united states reduce their troops in the region, they don't want to reduce our alliance, so they want to give kim essentially carrots, incentives. this worked for a while in getting past presidents not to expand their track toward nuclear weapons. but trump and others have criticized the whole idea that you have to give insentives or foreign aid or financial assistance. they said, right on, you're not going to do that. if you're not going to give aid and you're not going to reduce troop presence in the nation, what is it for north korea? they're going to find themselves at odds with the south koreans about whether there should be aid to north korea as an incentive to do this, or they're going to be at odds with the south koreans because they want to reduce forces in the unlikely event trump decides to do that. i think there are some fundamental foreign policy issues underlying this summit that haven't been resolved that need to be resolved so you c

the announcement led president trungpa to tweet that this could signal quote possible progress south korea's national security director said the north. had offered to cut back on its nuclear weapons program if it were cvs security guarantees the south korean delegation has returned home a day after meeting with north korea's kim jong un in pyongyang it was the first time kim met with south korean officials since taking power. and here is what south korea's top security official had to say a little earlier. the north clearly expressed its willingness for denuclearizing the korean peninsula and clarified that there's no reason for them to retain nuclear weapons if military threats against the murray moved in if the safety of its regime is guaranteed all right let's get more on these extraordinary developments with josh smith he is a word is correspondent in seoul south korea and josh how significant is this well these were some of the most historic talks in recent memory this is the first time that such senior south korean officials met directly with cumin john and this signaled that there is

its missile program and also its nuclear capability its nuclear development in the president of south korea says this whole process is day and the ultimate denuclearization of the korean peninsula but has many critics of this mission have pointed out north korea has given no indication its willing to release any of its arsenal indeed it seems to be so close to having a functioning long range ballistic nuclear missile that it's not going to concede anything on the nuclear front so there is a lot of skepticism here about just what foundations any future summit will take place on there are people here who believe it will be so vague it will be relatively meaningless and the other thing we're still waiting to find out is if there has been any progress on bringing about some sort of grounds for dialogue between north korea and the united states and so far we've heard nothing on that right thank you for that drop evidence as a mode suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates trying to convince the u.s. president or trying to sack his secretary of state rex tillerson lead to e-

and this comes as part of a heries of overtures from north etrea, and they're being met here in south koreaith a mixture of very cautious optimism and a lot of skepticism, because north korea has reneged on previous deals, all the while continuing to improve its missile technology and carry out more nuclear tests. >> glor: holly williams in south korea. thank you very much. with a couple of strokes of a couple of pens, today, president trump set in motion new tariffs-- 25% on steel, 10% on aluminum-- imported into the u.s. canada and mexico are exempt for now, pending a renegotiation of nafta. ( applause ) cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger is here to help us understand the impact of these d gher steel and aluminum prices and what happened today. for the folks watching at home, jill, what does this mean? >> well, if you work for an aluminum or steel producer, this is good news. this is going to be good for those companies. they may even hire more. but if you work for a company that uses imported steel or truminum-- a car manufacturer, maybe an industrial giant, a construction firm,

president trump: south korea will be making a big announcement at 7:30 tonight. reporter: on north korea or on trade? charles: it sounds like he said it was going to be upon north korea. either way we'll keep you up to date. the president signing proclamations imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum. peter navarro showing some flexibility in sparing our allies. he mentioned national security. president trump: we have to protect and build our steel and aluminum industries while showing cooperation toward those who are really friends of ours both on and trade and military basis. a strong steel and aluminum industry are vital to our national security. steel is steel. without steel you don't have a country. charles: here to break it down, deneen bore recommendy and herb london from the center for policy research. and herb, the section 232, the national security aspect of it. the idea that we should control a certain portion our ability to make ships and bombs and bullets to defend ourselves. even if we ceded it all to our friend up north, it what still be a question, w