discussion with president trump as to how we should respond to north korea and as for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the u.s.-north korea summit meeting, we have detailed coordination aligning our positions. as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states are always together. jan and the united states will be in full alignment to seek success for the historic u.s.-north korea summit meeting in singapore. pres. trump: yes. thank you very much. maximum pressure is absolutely an effect. we don't use the term any more because we're going into a friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation i will be using it again. you'll know how well we do with the negotiation. if you hear me say we're going to use maximum pressure, you'll know the negotiation did not do well. frankly. there's no reason to say it. we in the meantime haven't removed any sanctions. we have a list of over 300 massive in some cases sanctions to put on north korea and i've decided to hold that until we can make a deal because i really believe there's a potential to make a deal and i just don't think it's nice going in under those c

the united states. in our summit meeting, we had discussion with president trump on how to respond to north korea. as for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the u.s. north korean summit meeting, we have details, coordination, aligning our positions. as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states are always together. japan and the united states will be in full alignment to see success for the historic u.s. north korea summit meeting in singapore. >> yes, maximum pressure is in full effect. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation, i'll use it again. we'll know how well we do with the negotiation. if you see me say we're going to use maximum pressure, you know the negotiation did not do well, frankly. there's no reason to say it. in the meantime, we haven't removed any sanctions. we have a list of over 300 massive sanctions to put on north korea and i decided to hold that until we make a deal. i believe there's a potential to make a deal. i don't think it's nice going in under those circumstances. yes, the campaign hasn't changed. china has continued to hold the border.

it essentially puts north korea into a position where we have to see if north korea can take yes for an answer the u.s. hostile policy perceived by north korea has always been the primary stumbling block that they have pointed to with regards to the possibility of denuclearization. is that it naive at this particular moment to think that north korea which has been said that for decades nuclear program possibly not tional. sovereignty. and suddenly come now and say we're willing to give it to give it up i mean most policymakers and observation in the east asian region know are realistic about the outcome of this talk many are pragmatic considering the summit happening itself to be itself a victory and many are taking a patient kind of stance when it comes to real results and in the press conference by president from we saw the steps that he's laid out for us he's going to send secretary of state might promptly pompey are over and there will be a team that's made up of a mix in the national members as well as american members for the very first of a process. and also other nuclear technical experts ther

so what kind of explanation has been given to the united states on abduction issue in the north korea to the u.s. consultations? and how should we approach the north korea in order to seek solution for the abduction? and what did you convey to prime minister abe today in this regard? >> i can speak first because i will tell you, on the prime minister's behalf, that he very much talked about abduction. it was preeminent in our conversations. he talked about it long and hard and passionately, and i will follow his wishes and we will be discussing that with north korea. absolutely. absolutely. prime minister, go ahead. >> translator: now, at our japan/u.s. summit meeting we had at mar-a-lago in february, today president trump has already spoken on the abduction issue once again and i have conveyed to him the honest wish of the families of the abductees and president trump once again has stated that abduction issue will be raised at the upcoming u.s./north korea summit. now, at the u.s./north korea summit meeting after the -- in any case, japan's thoughts and position were explained at length at pre

the u.s. and china for north korea's favor going forward. >> right after the news of the north korea-u.s. summit, there was serious concern in beijing worrng abo chinaei sidelined, being marginalized and losing control. i think that -- we even heard wide concern from chinese experts in extreme cases -- there was a chance that when the u.s. and north korea might make some deal in which they collude together against china. because china knfong time that north korea doesn't really like china. if conditions were right, they would be more than happy to establish a close relationship with washington. north korea wants to play this role. many conservative chinese always believe the u.s. doesn't really rrabout north koreanuclear threat. the u.s. knows very well north korean nuclear weapons are simply for survival. north korea would nevee nuclear weapons without being seriously provoked and invading nvaded. therefore, the u.s. has to begin using north korean nuclear threat as an accused to strengthen -- given the deep chinese disrupt toward the united states, there was extreme concern. when these

the north korea. and ask for the future policy on north korea inclusive of the u.s.orean summit meeting and had detailed coordination aligning our positions. as i have already mentioned, japan and the united states are always together. japan and united states will be in full alignment to seek success for the historic u.s./north korea summit meeting in singapore. >> maximum pressure is absolutely in effect. we don't use the term anymore because we are going into a friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation i will be using it again. you'll know how well we do with the negotiation. if you hear me saying we are going to use maximum pressure, you know the negotiation did not do well, frankly. there is no reason to say it. we in the meantime we haven't removed sanctions. we have a list of over 300 massive sanctions to put on north korea and i've decided to hold that until we can make a deal. i really believe there's a potential to make a deal and i don't think it is nice going in under those circumstances. the campaign hasn't changed. china continues to hold the

the one to lose from. it when north korea and the u.s. because ultimately if that happens north korea's want to depend any more on china. no i don't think so i think china is major factor in east asia china was a major factor is a major factor and we remain a major factor in the coming years and decades or so i'm sure it's this fact cannot be changed and therefore china does not worry or fall deep yaki have in our efforts fall with united states as a matter of fact china wants to create a situation where the united states and deep dark it can be friends rather then and emits because what china does not want is to have hostility on the korean peninsula chunk of those not want to have a war of confrontation on the truth of this is so long as there is peace and stability on the curb in this era china fed with its war then otherwise so don't get china wrong in what china wants i think china does not have us that fish vested interest in the instability on the tour import insula just on the contrary china wants to promote a situation where our d

>> meetings earlier today on the upcoming u.s. north korea summit, trade, and more between the two gentlemen. kevin is at the white house. the meeting between the leaders -- in particular the president's it into withdraw from the transpacific partnership, as well as slapping tariffs from automation -- automobiles in japan. playing -- between president trump and north korean leader kim jong. we should note the trade deficit and second, only with japan to another issue is one that the prime minister has spoken about before he arrived at the white house to reporters, and that is about the families with regard to the north korea -- with regard to the japanese families. for president trump, he will try to set expectations. what is his preference on nafta. have criticized president trump for his trade policies. >> who needs to benefit from the needing more. need for this to go well? >> this is very much going to be mr. eight. -- mr. abe. first, any nuclear deep prove -- in the north korean situation would help japan. cable --ea asked the capability

north korea. and ask for the future policy on north korea, inclusive of the u.s.-north korean summit meeting. we have detailed coordination. aligning our positions as i have already mentioned, japan and united states are always together. japan and united states will be in full alignment to seek success for the historic u.s.-another cree summit meeting in singapore. >> yes. thank you very much. maximum pressure is absolutely in effect. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation. perhaps after that negotiation i will be using it again. you will know how well we do with the negotiation, if you hear me saying we'll use maximum pressure, you will know the negotiation did not to well, frankly. there is no reason to say it. we in the meantime haven't removed any sanctions. we have a list of over 300 massive in some cases sanctions to put on north korea, and i have decided to hold that until we can make a deal, because i really believe the there is the potential to make a deal. i don't think it is nice going in under those circumstances. the campaign hasn't changed.

u.s. say that he was tortured in north korea he came back to the u.s. three hundred sixty four days ago in a coma and then died one of the really blackest moments in a very black year for relations between north korea and the united states in september president trump at the u.n. general assembly threatening to totally destroy north korea addressing kim as rocket man in the distinguished settings of the u.n. general assembly i can tell you because i was there that ambassadors foreign ministers and presidents from around the world were appalled by this bellicose language this is in the way someone speaks at the united nations and yet that may well have been a factor in what has got us here today to singapore to sentosa island and to the cupola hotel where there may well be we think in the coming minutes a signing of a declaration now let's not go too far here north korea and the u.s. have signed agreements before and they've fallen apart and both say there was bad faith on the other side so we're not going anywhere we haven't been before in terms of signi

doesn't really worry about north korea's nuclear threat. the u.s. knows very well north korea's nuclear weapons are simply for safeguarding regime survival. north korea would never use nuclear weapons without being seriously provoked and invaded. and therefore u.s. has been simply using north korean nuclear threat as an excuse to strength alliance network. and given this deep chinese distrust towards both north korea and the united states, there was extreme concern that when these two guys are talking together, there's a risk both countries might decide to put aside their nuclear dispute and try to forge a very close relationship. i think that concern was slightly mitigated after kim jong-un came to china twice and and had very good meetings with the president they went to singapore and north korea published the picture with kim un working outside of the airplane with the big chinese flag in the background. that shows a special relationship between north korea and china that exists and north korea still relies very much on chinese in the future. the

the u.s. can threaten a disarming military strike against a north korea or two of another u.s. security council resolution to a post extra sanctions on north korea. so given the u.s. had already lost the leverage even before the summer, i think this result is a much expected. i will say one last point, which is i think in some sense president trump stumbles into some decedents. and this is i think mainstream chinese you. the key problem is now really north korea's nuclear weapons. north korea's nuclear weapon is the center of the disease. the disease itself is north korea's paranoia. deep bias towards western countries, it's a deep distrust towards outside world. the fundamental way to address that real cause is engage with north korea, to bring north korea back into the international community to promote communication with, between north korea in the outside world. and to address that north korea paranoia, the best way is to start a good relationship between north korea and the united states. to fundamentally transform the relationship. i think in that regard the first point in

the u.s. and north korea can get along than about whether the u.s. and north korea are going to go to war so the chinese are pleased that the level of tension is has been reduced but also when the american president says he's going to scale back u.s. south korean joint military exercises and suggested that he could put on the table for future negotiation the whole presence in south korea of american military forces the chinese have been dying to see a reduction in the u.s. military presence in northeast asia because that simply weakens the american strategic position in the far east and the result is that china is strengthened so i think beijing has to be thrilled is there any risk that kim jong un could lose his leadership on a do you have any idea if there are factions in north korea against him. people have been trying to figure out the internal dynamics in the north korea for a long time and there's been endless amounts of speculation my own sense is that kim jong un although he was quite young when he took power after his father died in two thous

the u.s. and north korea and some of the key issues. yeah i think again some of the details of what is being discussed are not readily available at the moment in effect it seems increasingly likely given the messages coming from donald trump and others within the administration that perhaps we won't see any significant deal announced on june twelfth in singapore when donald trump meets with kim jong un donald trump and self saying that this will be the first step and in effect it may take two or three meetings two or three summits before any deal can be come to an end even the u.s. defense secretary james mattis saying in singapore just a few moments ago that any discussion around u.s. troop numbers in south korea will not be on the agenda in singapore when the summit takes place so it seems like this will be largely a symbolic meeting between the two leaders if indeed it does happen of course still a very important step towards having a peaceful korean peninsula or perhaps more concrete than simply symbolic is what's going on between n

there were many issues, but as for the summit between north korea and the u.s. e future, we have to do everything to ensure the summit between north korea and the u.s. to that end, the issues that have piled up have to be resolved. kim jong-un published statements saying that he will try to find an opportunity to organize such a summit between the two countries. others should also put their efforts together, such countries as the permanent members of the un security council -- france, russia, and the other members of the un security council, all of them have to work together so as to implement the u.n. resolution to force north korea to do that as well. the most important thing is to continue with our efforts. north korea should be able to take complete action. and i do hope that concrete actions will be made. by all the participants, a including north korea. as for sanctions, there is a trend as trying to find, get a way out of sanctions to do that. japan is trying to counter that. i do hope we will be able to a a -- to prevail over these efforts. john: do you h

the u.s. and north korea have the same idea of what the word denuclearization means. well they didn't have the same idea about that in the past yesterday's u.s. secretary of state from peo told us that for the u.s. it's the ultimate goal to have a complete reversible verifiable denuclearization of north korea so the goal is here basically to convince north korea to get rid of all its nuclear weapons programs and so on but in the past in north korea and. when they were talking about cynics there was a they were talking about the nuclearization of the whole korean peninsula they were even referring to the u.s. capabilities of using nuclear weapons to protect their allies japan and south korea so i think it would be a key issue here of course and it will be interesting where we are going to see something and it could be a great success then for president trump if we can see something as a proof that the north korean regime that kim jong un is really willing to give up his nuclear weapons and on the ground in the koreas of course the prospect of a peace deal for the korean

the u.s. and north korea and perhaps even in world politics right now. oh yes it's a very very important turning point in north korea's relations with the u.s. and with the world they certainly turn direction whether they reach a destination is clearly clearly a different matter yes very interesting that we still don't have a copy of this whether it's a letter or a declaration president trump called it a letter because normally when you do these things you have it prepared you have your media strategy prepared president trump said they'd be distributing in the room they didn't so the copies aren't ready that suggests to me maybe and i'm purely speculating here that maybe there were some last minute changes maybe the final version took you know in the last few minutes a few words had to be chain. here and there and they're now preparing that version getting ready to send it to us but you just have to look on social media and you'll see those of my colleagues who cover the white house who cover the state department who cover asian relations journalists goin

the u.s. north korea summit. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen live using the free c-span radio app. >>> president trump traveled to singapore after the g-7 meeting in canada. british prime minister teresa may reported back to the house of commons on the summit. she talked about the main focus of her talks with the leaders, then took questions from members. many of them focused on president trump's recent imposition of tariffs on aluminium and steel as well as his suggestion that russia be invited back to the group of natis

in the meantime, we will help north korea. framework, the agreed of the u.s. and north korea signed in 1994, the target period of 10 years. it was too short. toby: can i get you to take on -- is there a secret plan for the u.s. to expel the question? soojin: i don't know if there is one. can pick upm atas been discu that it is so true that denuclearization is not just about the physical aspects -- physics aspects, but very much political aspect. i think it is important to take that into account. that regard, to resolve this problem, i think w reme that political aspect and investigating that is having the peace treaty to reple that. technically, we are still at war. the two koreas are still at work. that is what makes north korea so insecure. way to we need to find a address this issue. i think those are some of the things we need to work on and to in tandem with the physical denuclearization of the political aspects to build more confidence and also, another thing i wanted to bring up is that although we will have to see if the thinking remains with this curre

the u.s. north korea summit. s is the wall street journal -- their opinion piece, the editorial board riding donald trump and kim jong-un received what they most wanted from their one-day summit. images of the two men shaking hands, talking across the table, getting along famously. whether this achieved anything beyond th this is less clear. has persuaded the young cam .o abandon the nuclear program he gave the legitimacy of equal billing on the world stage. the risk was worth the gamble and has paid off in a store and change of heart. chairman kim and i signed a joint statement which he reaffirmed. mr. trump told the press after the summit, we agreed to vigorous negotiations, and he wants to do that. not another administration that never got it started. and never got it done. the wall street journal riding the two leaders have mapped out a nonnuclear future. all that is left is for the two sides to work out details. peace is at hand. everything hangs on those details. not the promises which north korea has renege

this can only something positive happen right now there's been consultations before the meeting in north korea between. u.s. negotiators and the vice minister for foreign affairs of north korea that they will have prepared this meeting and i think the topics are on the agenda and the agreement both basically already finished it. to you singapore is now waking up on a day that could go down in history what are the expectations there. well first of all we're going to have to everyone's obviously waiting for what that actual meeting between president trump and north korean dictator kim jong un is going to look like their sake of hands and then you mention it and it they're going to retreat into a room jemma them with their translators for private discussions about an hour and then there's going to be a working lunch and then after that presumably some sort of statement now what's going to be in that statement that's at the moment is really anyone's guess there's going to be talk obviously about denuclearization that's what's the that's what the u.s. wants then there's peo u.s. secretary of state yesterday alr

had already been resolved so what kind of explanation has been given to the united states on abduction issue in the north korea to u.s and how should we approach the north korea in order to seek solution for the abduction, and what did you convey to prime minister abe today in this regard >> well, you for prime minister abe in this regard >> i'll speak first because i can fell you on the prime minister's behalf he very much talked about abduction it was preimminent in our conversations. we'll discuss it with north korea, absolutely, absolutely. >> prime minister? >> translator: now, at our japan-u.s. summit meeting we had at mar-a-lago in february, today, once again as president trump has mentioned already, i explained on the abduction issue once again and conveyed to him the earnest wish of the families of the abductees and president trump again stated the fact that the issue will be raised at the upcoming u.s.-north korea summit now, at the u.s.-north korea summit meeting as to the concrete matters to be discussed, i'd like to refrain at this juncture, but in any case, japan's position were explained at length and

off a wall he was held in north korea the u.s. says he was tortured in north korea and three hundred sixty four days ago he was finally allowed to be flown home to the united states in a coma and then he died that was one of the bad moments of a very bad year of relations between the u.s. and north korea in september you saw president trump threaten to totally destroy north korea not only did he say that he said it while other world leaders were gathered around him in a place that should be a place of peace the u.n. general assembly diplomats were shocked that anyone could use such bellicose language and yet in some ways that is one of the things that may well have got us to this moment today this historic moment that's taking place in singapore at the capella hotel on sentosa island a very luxury island in singapore full of five star hotels and golf courses and that's where we're seeing pictures from now where inside we suspect something is likely to be signed very soon and then we'll see at the. end of that the motorcades part fi

what kind of explanation has been given to the united states on the abduction issue in the at the north korea to the u.s. they had consultations and how it should be approach at the north korea in order to seek solution hope for the abduction and the what did you convey that the prime minister abbott had today in this regard. because i will tell you. the prime minister's behalf that he fairy much talked about abduction it was preeminent in our conversations he talked about it long and hard and passionately and i will follow his wishes and we will be discussing that with north korea absolutely absolutely prime minister that. she does not. now. at that are a japan-u.s. summit at the meeting we had the in the. in her the february today once again as president trump but the has a dimension already i have explained on the abduction issue had once again and i have conveyed to him the onus to wish all of the families of the of the keys and president trump but once again the has stated that they have action issue will be raised at the upcoming a us north korea summit now at the us knows korea summit meeting as

the u.s. and north korea was back on for june 12. next, a look at the applications of the upcoming summit and the status of u.s.-north korea diplomacy. from the stimson center, this is just over one hour. >> welcome to the stimson center. i'm the codirector of the program here. we are delighted to have our four very interesting speakers here to chat with us a bit about what is beyond the trump kim summit. when i give that title, beyond trump kim summit, please imagine the heart attack of me seeing that news, but sure enough, it now seems that the summit seems to be back on. we are basically getting whiplash moments every day on this one where the summit is going to be on, off, on, off. who knows what happens. in light of that, we are delighted to have our guests here. one formally served on the past committee expert panel. and jenny town from 38 north, which i am now proud to say is a part of the family. and my other codirector, my better half of the program is here as well. what i'm going to do is open the conversation with this four

the u.s. north korea summit. watch live on c-span and c-span.org or listen live using the free c-span radio app. >>> president trump traveled to singapore after the g-7 meeting in canada. british prime minister teresa may reported back to the house of commons on the summit. she talked about the main focus of her talks with the leaders, then took questions from members. many of them focused on president trump's recent imposition of tariffs on aluminium and steel as well as his suggestion that russia be invited back to the group of nations after its 2014 expulsion. >> statement the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. with permission, i would like to make a statement on the g-7 summit in quebec. thank you. the g-7 is a forum that allows close allies with shared history and values to discuss issues that affect the security and prosperity of our people and of the world at large. discussions at this year's summit focused on our shared efforts to promote the rules based international order, to advance free and fai

the first time a sitting u.s. president has ever met with a north korean leader mr trump has said that he will know within the first minutes of the meeting whether a deal with north korea will be possible u.s. secretary of state mike pump air has been spelling out u.s. preconditions. in light of how many flimsy agreements the united states has made in previous years this president will assure ensure that no potential agreement will fail to adequately address the north korean threat the ultimate objective we seek from diplomacy with north korea has not changed the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula is the only outcome that the united states will accept the w.c. i was on the phone number was about to briefing with secretary of state mike pump aoe she joins us live from singapore welcome sound so what did the your secretary say about the progress of the preliminary talks while pumping you know was quite optimistic about the. progress has been met made that the north koreans have demonstrated their willingness to the identical or is a chanel country he also said that he's hopeful that the summit to morrow could set conditions for

their relation which is something new in the past trust building and reproaching was taking place between south korea and north korea and it seems that now the u.s. and north korea contacting each other directly to try to introduce measures to deal with each other and trust so that they can actually go to the next steps of the nuclear was asian and building security kind of to say this is a pretty remarkably fast for aggression that we've gone from decades of basically a cold war between the u.s. and north korea says suddenly the two leaders coming together shaking hands and sitting down to talk to each other they're very concerned about some allies however that this is all that happening far too quickly and that not enough preparation has gone into it as we've heard from our correspondents in singapore what do you think do you share that view world view patients in the future that's for sure there will be a long process and the nucleus ration they will not give up the nuclear weapons overnight and it's a process of how to decommission all the different facilities out of commission all the weapons how to. verify or that things really happened an

number one was not the nuclear i facia and which is very unfair for north what which could be unfair for north korea however they first said it that the new relationship between u.s. and north korea would be the priority for them and also the peace reaching should be protected and all thought us have all knowledged to protect the regime of north korea and to give security protections for north korea which is a big fuck fest you know which i believe in this summit and also they have the article of the nuclear life ation which has some controversies however for this that is the first step of u.s. and north korea right now and for the first step i think it was enough and it's totally successful so should i assume given everything that you're saying that there is a mood of euphoria in south korea at this point in time yes we find more hope from this moment and i've i assured him and i also personally fairest that kurt many koreans had fear and heart fear of war and this was high the for them inside of them for many years and for their entire lives because when they faced the fear that is insight their heart the fear of war from outside powers then they cannot serve a

and north korea would be a priority and also that the piece regime -- the peace regime should be protected. the u.sagreed to give protections to north korea, which is a big success, i believe, and they also have the article of denuclearization, but this is a big step, and for the first step, i think it is enough and is totally a success. peter: should i assume from everything you are saying that there is a mood of euphoria in south korea at this time? hope ines, we find more this moment, and i also personally experienced that many koreans had fear in their heart, fear of war, and this was hiding .nside them for many y years when they face the fear that is inside their heart, fear of war then theyde powers, cannot survive for their whole lives because they know how devastating the situation can be. but they have overcome their fears. they are trying to step further festivals out of -- they are feasting this summit, and they found some hope in the korean peninsula that peace can actually be made in this korean peninsula. peter: very positive take. , donaldkarnitschnig trump the deal has scored a grea

the u.s. president. north korea to the white house if negotiations between the leaders go well just days before the singapore summit japan's prime minister traveled to the white house to reiterate his demands for the talks. to bring home japanese citizens believed to have been abducted by. alan fischer reports from washington. the japanese prime minister will see donald trump but the upcoming g. seven summit in canada chin zoabi made a detour to washington to ensure he gets some private time with the u.s. president to discuss north korea as a to settle down in the oval office the president admitted he didn't feel the need for a lot of preparation before his historic summit in singapore i don't think you have to prepare very much it's about attitude it's about willingness to get things done but i think i've been preparing for the summit for a long time prime minister abbey wants to make sure key japanese demands aren't lost in the moment that any deal isn't just good for the us but its allies i hope the upcoming meet

see that north or south korea jointly together to do nuke us the whole korean peninsula joins the treaty on the purpose of nuclear weapons and then of course we would like to see both the u.s. and north korea signed and ratified this. perhaps a test ban treaty i think that's a really crucial step and they also have to avoid legitimizing nuclear weapons one of the dangers to see with today's summit was really that it kind of the gym isis can really move us a nuclear armed you know leader and that's a pretty dangerous sign to show that nuclear weapons equals power and for states they do forgive me for our involvement forgive me for interrupting but we have an example the whole point of debate diplomacy is dealing with what is happening on the ground now so north korea has nuclear weapons the plan is to denuclearize i accept what you say about the difference in interpretation but that's just the facts of life the north has nuclear weapons this is a step along the road to ridding them of those. now of course but we don't must not equate this with christine and that is a it's a good thing these so weapons of mass destruction inhumane illegal would violate the laws of war they'r

four north korea i attract him up at the first missive, where what he did was publicly and clearly articulate what north korea's position was on denuclearization, which is a wide chasm fun what the u.s. desire is is what they think the white house thought north korea had agreed to. so i think there is a scramble in the white house. they were surprised this was not going to be as easy as a summit as they perhaps perceived, because as they described it incredulously, he agreed to talk about the nuclearization, and now they are not embracing cbid and unilateral disarmament. anybody knows the heavy for any constraints on their nuclear program. and the fact that they define denuclearization as global arms control rather than unilateral disarmament, and as a self-professed member of the nuclear club, they will go to zero once everyone else goes to zero. on friday was a lowering of expectations. it looked like a watering down of a number and previous u.s. policy decisions. mr. ruggiero: i will start there we do not know. where we are in north korea policy. i would say on thursday, just the day before the president was speaking from the driveway of the white house, secretary pompeo was crys

the outside. and think r north korea, they have been playing along with the theater of summittry as much as south korea and the u.s. had been doing. mr. klingner: i will give north korea mixed reviews. sort of of on the one hand, th we haveide just as leadership analysts, they certainly should. i think north korea struggles like others to try to understand president trump because he is uniquend difrent from his predecessors. i read finally "the art of the deal," on a long flight back from new zealand. if you sort of subtract out the week in the life of a real estate broker in new york, there are a number of precepts that's strike home. and six ce them. it is less important to be a point -- atat this this point, it is less important to be a north korea expert than to be a trump expert. what trump said is "i make deals." i do it to do it. it is my art form." this question is doing deals, being better than the predecessor. the other is "listen to your gut." "i draw my own conclusion." i learned not to be overly impressed by academic credentials." if you think back to the campaign, he said -- i know more about afghani

the u.s.-north korea summit in singapore followed by departing news's conference. coming up on today's "washington fromal" stephen farnsworth the university of mary washington talks about his book about the evoluti of white house news management over the last two decades. and roger stone will then join us to discuss the trump k esidency and his new b politics. ♪ host: good morning. a busy week on capitol hill. the senate returns tomorrow. the house gaveling in on tuesday. senators will continue their debate on the defense spending bill. -- house voting for spot funding of the opioid crisis and president from with house republicans on tuesday in advance of debate over two gop immigration bills. it is sunday morning, june 17, welcome to the washington journal, it has been nearly six months since the president signed that tax bill. what impacs

the u.s. north korea summit in singapore. and more analysis on the u.s. rth korea summit, former white house coordinator for arms control and weapons of mass destruction. also daryle kimball of the arms control association on north korea's nuclear capability. be sure to watch c-span washington journal live on tuesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ music . >> this morning, the supreme court ruled 5-4 that ohio's process of identifying and removing inactive voters from its registration rules doesn't violate federal laws. the case husted va philip randolph institute challenged the state rule that removed voters from registration roles if they failed to respond to an address confirmation request and remained inactive for the following four years. next we'll bring you the oral argument which took place back in january. >> so your argument this morning in case 16980 husted versus the a philip randolph institute. mr. murphy. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court, congress passed the nvra to serve competing goals. increasing the number of eligible regi

the u.s. and north korea. well certainly japan is a lot at stake in this process and they're very concerned about the danger to their territory with north korean nuclear weapons and they there was a feeling in japan that the country had been sidelined in these talks whereas there were talks between north and south korea in april and then between the u.s. and north korea this week in japan had really been worked out so it was i think quite definitely smart of company to discuss this immediately with the japanese government and for the three governments to issue statements together one of the things that brought up which is really a concern of japan and is dealing with issues of the past including the issue of dirty as it is japanese citizens taken by north korea in the past which has been very much a concern of the japanese public and something that the japanese government has a high priority on in moving toward normal relations between japan and north korea let me widen this out just very slightly one country t

has long been exposed to the threat of north korea shortened mid range missiles here's how prime minister shinzo ave reacted. i know mr snow cried i knew it did i welcome the u.s. north korea summit as a step forward towards a comprehensive resolution of the issues surrounding north korea because it confirmed leader kim jong un's will to commit to complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. and in south korea president and moon j.n. has promised to write a new history with his country's northern neighbor he was full of praise for kim drew owns decision to go ahead with the summit and a statement released by his office president moon declared that leaving the dark days of war and conflict behind we will write a new chapter of peace and cooperation we bear together with north korea along the way. meanwhile in other news greece and macedonia have resolved a dispute that's been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for membership while that problem was macedonia's name a few moments ago macedonia prime ministers are on ziad announced that his country would henceforth be known as the republic of north macedonia while athens has