u.s. forces under control of the korean government. they will still answer to the military committee as it does now. there will be no sovereignty issues, no national emotional issues or there should not be on the u.s. side, just as on the korean side now. although of course there are. frank: the only thing i would agreed the two countries to accelerate the transition by 2023. there are still conditions that are involved. two of them are the rok developing critical military capabilities and advanced capabilities necessary to assume the lead of the war fight. we have seen them take the steps, to upgrade defense. theacquisition of f35's global hawk. rok is taking the steps to fill in gaps and give them more confidence to take the lead. david: i would argue as long as there is a combined command as there is now, that we can move forward. my biggest fear, and during this process from 2003 to just recently, the concept was to have two separate commands. there would be a separate u.s. korea command and they would coordinate. as all personal kn

u.s. president the north korean leader these are some of the things they're going to have to work out the biggest concern so far kimberly has been the fact that the u.s. and north korea have different definitions about what exactly denuclearization means always likely to get more clarity on vent from this trip. it's very possible that by the end of tomorrow we may have an idea in terms of sort of the shared understanding of what that means what could be achieved in a meeting between the north korean leader in the u.s. president but there is another factor in all of this and it comes down to the concerns and interests that also need to be reflected on the part of japan and south korea we know that the japanese prime minister shinzo abbay will be here on june seventh to meet with the u.s. president to remind the u.s. president of the concerns about making sure that any agreement includes something to address the concerns about the short range missile threat that certainly is on the radar of japan and also the issue of japanese abductees from the seventy's and eighty's so a lot on the table h

u.s. relations improve, north koreans view the role of the u.s. forces may change. i was going to ask that question and you anticipate it me. can you elaborate on that? specifically can you see this infecting at the center of trumps negotiations, putting on the table if we can develop a constructive relationship combat -- in my view of u.s. forces in korea will be different. >> brian. >> thank you. from voice of america. a two-part question. does this opening up on the previous question, china in the blood of korea, does this opening up of north korea offer an opportunity to be more independent of china? following that, would a more open north korea be undesirable anyway for china? for example having less , influence, revealing a greater chinese role in the north korean program? thank you. >> my question is for dr. lewis. it is been suspicious there has been little talk about the detainees. it seems like with mike pompeo's trip, they should've asked what they make of that. my second question, where do you think the summit will be happening and why? >> we have five m

u.s. does play a big role here because the north koreans believe the u.s. plays a big role here and so yes there has been movement on into korean relations but at the end of the day the north koreans don't look to south korea to really solve the security issues because the enemy still really is the united states and that is sort of the core of their identity and the core of their worries i want to piggyback on the professor's comments as well to say that you know i think there is a problem here in the problem is with the consistency of messaging and in an active negotiation process you can't have these competing there it is bolton is no longer a fox news commentator he is now the national security advisor and so what he says carries weight and so if you're negotiating with the secretary of state and he is telling you one thing and then you have the national security adviser saying something completely different. public you know in the public in the media regardless of whether or not he isn't actually involved in the process this works to undermine any confid

korean president lee j. in washington later this month upcoming talks between the u.s. president and north korean leader kim jong. un location have been set for that meeting. and in syria rebels from various factions are set to leave an enclave near the city of homs under a deal brokered by russia has handed over heavy weapons to the syrian army after more than two weeks of strikes. the united arab emirates says more soldiers to the yemeni. despite condemnation from the government. forces yemeni forces to leave key locations in the important territory in the arabian sea a delegation has been sent to mediate the crisis whilst yemeni government officials are also currently on the island. aid workers in kenya say they've managed to help just a quarter of the nearly fifty thousand families in need of shelter after weeks of torrential rain red cross says it doesn't have enough money to fund its emergency operations and are seven travelled with one of the relief teams. it looks like a vast lake yet this is the river town or it's consumed villages and lives. we changed the way

u.s. does play a big role here because the north koreans believe the u.s. plays a big role here and so yes there has been movement on into korean relations but at the end of the day the north koreans don't look to south korea to really solve the security issues because the enemy still really is the united states and that is sort of the core of their identity and of course their worries i wanted to piggyback on the professor's comments as well to say that you know i think there is a problem here and the problem is with the consistency of messaging and in an active negotiation process you can't have these competing narratives you know bolton is no longer a fox news commentator he is now the national security advisor and so what he says carries weight and so if you're negotiating with the secretary of state and he is telling you one thing and then you have the national security adviser saying something completely different. the public you know in the public in the media regardless of whether or not he is in actually involved in the process this works to undermi

u.s. and north korean delegations happening inside the demilitarized zone this was the u.s. team leaving the seoul hotel early on tuesday morning led by an experienced south korean born u.s. diplomat soon kim their focus will be on the issues that donald trump and kim jong un would discuss trying to move from the general to the specific the u.s. delegation is staying herring so they drove an hour north just across the border on sunday possibly again on monday it's thought that's where they were heading again on tuesday in a phone call on monday the u.s. president and japanese prime minister agreed to meet in person. we agreed to have a tapan yes summit before day yes north korea summit but it's likely that will happen just before or after a g seven meeting in canada on the eighth of june like south korea's moon j. and shinzo abbate wants to ensure his concerns are addressed in any u.s. north korea summit not just those exclusive to donald trump and al-jazeera so our diplomatic editor james phase was recently in north korea and joins me now from new york james the most senior

u.s. delegation that's currently in korea right now having meetings at the border with north korean officials to prepare for the summit because i actually worked with and for two of the numbers of that delegation. who is currently the u.s. ambassador to the philippines he is one of the few people who's had direct experience negotiating with the north koreans he's someone who likes to let others talk is very good at letting others put their cards on the table he's very knowledgeable about the issue and he's very much a problem solver and he's accompanied by the national security council who's also very competent and very knowledgeable about north korea so if you're someone who believes that preparation is important for this summit then this team should give you a lot of confidence so not everyone on line though is confident in the u.s. is abilities this is a comment we've got live on you tube elizabeth says i think north and south korea will have to negotiate without influence from other countries like the u.s. or china however i don't know if that's possible another person on twitter saying s

u.s. north korean negotiations and a possible trump kim summit. more than any other time since 1953 negotiations may result in an agreement and possible achieved in past u.s. administrations. unconventional american leader, president trump knows history will judge him to a degree by his handling of the north korea situation. is north korean counterpart unconventional. one being the allowance of the operation of hundreds of markets and development of north korean entrepreneurs. beyondre issues myuclearization including in issues from the korean war, human rights, and unit -- reunification of families. unless the u.s. and north korean leaders are mutually diligent and implementation of future agreements will be off course with unfortunate consequences. thank you. [applause] >> a think -- thanks to our speakers. for each of the speakers. for dr. kim, president moon has been talking about improvement of relations with south korea. there are references to economic cooperation. seeour view du for see this this -- do you see this to impact the future? we

almost two decades is due to arrive in new york we'll have the latest on the on again off again u.s. korean summit. a partial recount is ordered into iraq's may twelfth election the transform shia cleric into a political kingmaker. and political turmoil in a city that's.

u.s. and north koreans have said they hope will happen how does the u.s.administration go about reconciling these real differences coming from with then of there this is an important question i think the next move in terms of moving back towards dialogue would certainly be for sectors that might pompei oh perhaps to make another visit to north korea there might need to be mediation from china as well china will be a key player in this and so the u.s. will need to find a way to present itself which which avoids losing political capital at home in other words sustains this idea of legitimacy of genuinely moving towards dialogue engaging in north korea but at the same time has to show some kind of reconciliation or some kind of move back towards the north koreans otherwise the north koreans will not be able to project this image of legitimacy to their own people and also be able to kind of move the relationship with china and the united states forward where we have actually heard from the chinese foreign ministry reaction to the cancellation of the summits le

korean president moon j.n. later this month and discuss the upcoming talks between the u.s. president the north korean leader kim jong un says a date and location have been set for that meeting. and why it's big island which is dealing with a major volcanic eruption has been hit by a series of earthquakes more than a thousand people have been forced to leave their homes because of threat from the lava flows and so if your. aid workers in kenya say they've managed to help just a course of the nearly fifty thousand families in need of shelter after weeks of torrential rain the red cross says it doesn't have enough money to fund its emergency operations andrew simmons traveled to hawaii and tunnel river county with one of the relief teams. good looks like a lake. yet this is the river town and it's consumed villages and lives. we changed course away from the river going deep into the bush. the mango trees full of fruit hardy. the birds make good out of most situations. but any illusion of normality is lost when you look through the clearing. was a seasonal stream has turned into

and his no north korean counterpart kim jong un as diplomatic efforts to rescue kim summit with u.s. president almost trump continue the two leaders met inside the demilitarized zone that divides the two koreas south korean officials say they had a candid exchange of views over making the u.s. north korean summit a success but for the second meeting between the two men within a month coming just days after president trump first canceled his summit with kim and suggested it may be happening after all. ok we're going to get the perspective from washington now our correspondent there claire richardson standing by foursquare how is washington reacting to this surprise meeting between the two korean leaders. hi christopher we're still waiting to see exactly what kind of reaction we're going to get from trump and the white house we do know that the white house has announced that a team is planning to leave from washington to singapore today to iron out some of the details for the planned meeting on june twelfth as though trump has never walked away from this arrangement but we know that the

u.s. president and north korean leader also blindsided the united states key ally south korea and with just a few weeks to go until the originally planned day in singapore there is still major logistical questions about what exactly would be on the agenda so that ends the white house has said today that it is still sending a team to singapore to prepare for the meeting that had been slated for june twelfth just in case it ends up taking place. deja vue correspondent claire richardson there in washington. we can move on now to some other stories making news around the world in france thousands of trade unionists have again demonstrated against the labor reforms of president emanuel not home but attendance at today's protests were lower than at earlier anti-reform rallies french unionists are angry over public public sector job losses and reductions in workers' benefits mccall's government has vowed to push ahead with reform it's. a cycle own has batter the arabian peninsula bringing devastation to parts of oman and neighboring women and leaving at least two people dead. third largest cities

u.s. and north korean delegations happening inside the demilitarized zone this was the u.s. team leaving the seoul hotel early on tuesday morning led by an experienced south korean born u.s. diplomat soon kim their focus will be on the issues that donald trump and kim jong un would discuss trying to move from the general to the specific the u.s. delegation is staying hair and so they drove an hour north and just across the border on sunday possibly again on monday it's thought that's where they were heading again on tuesday in a phone call on monday the u.s. president and japanese prime minister agreed to meet in person. we agree to have a tapan yes summit be forward to yes north korea summit it's likely that will happen just before or after a g seven meeting in canada on the eighth of june like south korea's move. it wants to ensure his concerns are addressed in any u.s. north korea summit not just exclusive to donald trump untruthfulness al-jazeera so to reuters journalists detained him in amar have appeared in court accused of possessing secret government papers while owen

u.s. secretary of state and north korean officials happened in pyongyang this is now happening on u.s. soil an important gesture in the eyes of the united states as the two sides begin to build trust leading towards what the white house says will be an expected meeting between the north korean leader kim jong un and the u.s. president but of course the date not yet confirmed now the white house says it is continuing to actively prepare for a meeting between the two leaders in addition to delegations in asia there is also work happening here at the white house the national security adviser john bolton discussions daily going on we're told according to the white house press secretary between not only the national security team here in the united states but also the counterparts in south korea as well as japan in addition to just trying to nail down the the meeting and whether or not it will occur other fine details that are being worked out the agenda what does denuclearization mean and can the united states offer north korea the security guarantee that the north korean leader is looking

u.s. delegation inside north korea on monday advice on kim south korean born but the u.s. ambassador to the philippines he's been ambassador here in seoul in the past though he was very much involved in the six nation talks that took place while president bush was in office later president obama he knows the issue backwards he's been meeting with north korea's vice foreign minister chase on he again fluent english speaker she knows this issue backwards from a north korean point of view meanwhile in singapore over the coming days they'll be u.s. delegation and a north korean delegation meeting to discuss the logistics security arrangements protocol that's all happening simle time in your sleep and if there is a summit on june the twelfth will president moon of south korea be there the blue house the presidential palace here in seoul said that though we're working on plans for president moon to be in singapore probably not for the beginning of the bilateral but it goes well between president trump and kim jong un if indeed it happens and president moon montjoy in at a later

agree with that completely ok because the us does play a big role here because the north koreans believe the u.s. plays a big role here and so yes there has been movement on into korean relations but at the end of the day the north koreans don't look to start korea to really solve the security issues because the enemy still really is the united states and that is sort of the core of their identity and of course of their worries i wanted to piggyback on the professor's comments as well to say that you know i think there is a problem here and the problem is with the consistency of messaging and in an active negotiation process you can't have these competing narratives you know bolton is no longer a fox news commentator he is now the national security advisor and so what he says carries weight and so if you're negotiating with the secretary of state and he is telling you one thing and then you have the national security adviser saying something completely different on public you know in the public in the media regardless of whether or not he is in actually involved in the process this works to unde

korean counterpart kim jong un this diplomatic efforts to rescue kim's summit with u.s. president donald trump continue the two leaders met inside the demilitarized zone that defied the two koreas officials from the south say they had a candid exchange of views so over making the u.s. north korean some success it's the second meeting between the two men within a month coming just days after president trump first canceled summit with kim and then suggested it may just happen after all. for more on that here in studio views clear richardson in washington both a donald trump and north korea have left the door open for a possible future summit but there would be major stumbling blocks to getting their cancellation this week in some ways gives north korea the upper hand in being seen as taking the high ground for its willingness to seek a diplomatic solution but the united states wanted to walk away so trump decision to back out of what would have been a historic face to face meeting between a sitting u.s. president and north korean leader also blindsided the united states ke

u.s. secretary of state might pump a oh a ninety minute meeting where we understand that the north korean leader accepted the u.s. proposal and granted amnesty to these men the u.s. is viewing this in the words of the white house press secretary sarah sanders as a good will gesture a prelude if you will to the upcoming summit almost a setting of the table of the upcoming summit between the north korean leader and donald trump we expect that will take place at the end of this month or early next month we are told that the date and the time for that summit have been nailed down but has. not yet been released to the media by pump am speaking to reporters saying we could get that date early next week but for now nobody talking about the summit at this moment what they're talking about at these three americans what condition they will be in and when they will be able to see their families now we know their families are not here at joint base andrews we're told is going to happen is that these men are going to disembark from this plane they're going to be greeted by the president and the first l

u.s. and north koreans have said they hope will happen how does the u.s.administration go about reconciling these real differences coming from with then of their this is an important question i think the next move in terms of moving back towards dialogue would certainly be for sectors they might pompei oh perhaps to make another visit to north korea there might need to be mediation from china as well china will be a key player in this and so the u.s. will need to find a way to present itself which which avoids losing political capital at home in other words sustains this idea of legitimacy of genuinely moving towards dialogue engaging in north korea but at the same time has to show some kind of reconciliation or some kind of move back towards the north koreans otherwise the north koreans will not be able to project this image of legitimacy to their own people and also be able to kind of move the relationship with china and the united states forward well we have actually heard from the chinese foreign ministry reaction to the cancellation of the summit let'

was in the bush administration i have to say though that the recent protests by the north korean government the u.s. south korean war exercises makes all the sense in the world for them to have complained why in the world we have to do these twice a year the largest military exercises in the world we're not sure that our stuff is going to work what are my tax dollars paying for and the fact that it was reported that the f. twenty two and be thrifty two were used of course it looks to north korea like a practice for an invasion or a decapitation strike so that part of the problem is the united states has no humility we're the number one superpower the war machine runs on autopilot if we have these planes ready to fly these military exercises we're going to do and eat our dust and like now and that just doesn't set a good tone for diplomacy and i think when you had the great thaw with the olympic truce and at first north korea not complaining about the war exercises the earlier version of the war exercises that was an astonishing concession by them and then we have to rub their nose in it by saying o

u.s. state department has suggested the summit between donald trump and kim jong un and singapore next month is back on the north korean leader's right hand man is traveling to the u.s. for talks with secretary of state. and a prominent russian journalist has been shot and killed at his apartment in ukraine . it was a critic of president vladimir putin police and the forty one year old could have been targeted because of his job. to kenya now where almost half the people arrested in a corruption scandal have now been charged by prosecutors and total forty officials and fourteen business spend a quarter of the case involving the national youth service or n.y.s. the director and other staff members are among those arrested in dawn raids on monday and why is a power in the true training institution and at the forefront of a president who to kenya has a plan to combat youth unemployment catherine sawyer reports from nairobi. well people here in kenya very angry and frustrated about this particularly because it's coming off the back of another scandal that involves hundreds of thousands of dollars and still involved the sam

u.s. president and a north korean leader singapore is a strong u.s. ally and its ties to china north korea's greatest supporter i mean kim can feel at home as well. you want this comes after years of threats from north korea and in recent months harsh rhetoric from the u.s. president as well. with fire and fury now president trump is raising the stakes counter to usual diplomatic practice with extravagant promises of success we're going to said that they were going to make a break do you want the are going to reverse south korea japan or china. and he already has something to show for his engagement with north korea this week released three hostages to return to the u.s. with great fanfare. for kim jong un an agreement with the u.s. holds the promise of relieving choking sanctions which could lead to economic growth he said he wants to concentrate on modernizing the hermit nation. but analysts say the singapore talks won't be easy a host of issues must be sorted out not least the thorny task of persuading kim to abandon nuclear weapons and both sides

u.s. and the north koreans. they are very expensive dealing with the u.s. and will be well prepared. laura: thanks for joining us. in other news, a new fissure from the volcano in hawaii has sent morel ava into the eastern corner of the island. ash is billowing as high as 4000 meters in the sky. lava fountains were gushing up to 30 meters in the air and have eased. the family of a four-year-old boy says as he dangled from a balcony in paris, a man scaled the outside of an apartment for an incredible rescue. the undocumented migrant from spider-man, was there to collect his residency card. president macri has offered him french citizenship. turning to belgium, where a gun man killed three people in a suspected terror attack in the city of liÈge. he was shot dead by police. the man is believed to have been released from prison yesterday, and some reports suggest he was on a police watch list. at europe correspondent -- our europe correspondent sent this report, and a warning, it contains flash photography. reporter: gunfire midmorning, and suddenly, confusion. people scramble to get aw

u.s. state department has suggested a summit between donald trump and kim jong un and singapore next month as back on the north korean leader's right hand man is traveling to the u.s. for talks with secretary of state mike pompei on and a prominent russian journalist has been shot and killed as apartment in ukraine. as a well known question of president vladimir putin place and care said the forty one year old could have been targeted because of his job. now or workers and are now threatening to go on strike from wednesday as the country struggles to call for the truck driver strike the government's agreed to no or fuel prices by up to twelve percent but still taking action on the reports from follow on how people are being affected. fuel supplies are now reaching the gas stations with a return to the normality most people crave is still some way off public transport services were reduced schools closed and domestic flights cancelled. even though there is a custom to three rubbish collections a week. but she still waiting. thousands of others spent five hours in line only for the pump to run dry just as he reached it

u.s. does play a big role here because the north koreans believe the u.s. plays a big role here and so yes there has been movement on into korean relations but at the end of the day the north koreans don't look to start to really solve the security issues because the enemy still really is the united states and that is sort of the core of their identity and of course their worries i wanted to piggyback on the professor's comments as well to say that you know i think there is a problem here in the problem is with the consistency of messaging and in an active negotiation process you can't have these competing narratives you know bolton is no longer a fox news commentator he is now the national security advisor and so what he says carries weight and so if you're negotiating with the secretary of state and he is telling you one thing and then you have the national security adviser saying something completely different. public you know in the public in the media regardless of whether or not he is and actually involved in the process this works to undermine any con

u.s. and north korean leaders. i'm brent goff, good have you with us. french president emmanuel macron decision to quit the iran nuclear deal is a

inside the demilitarized zone that divides the two koreas south korean officials say they had a candid exchange of views over making the u.s. north korean summit a success it's the second meeting between the two men within a month coming just days after president trump first canceled his summit with came then suggested it may happen after all. and get the latest on this now from reuters correspondent joe smith in the south korean capital so george the june twelfth summit between donald trump and kim jong un has been only north over the past couple of days is this latest meeting between the two korean leaders a signal that the twelfth of june summit may now definitely be back on. that is something there were we see. washington week so response to this latest. does certainly seem to be a message from the two career leaders. tend to be so there are differences peacefully and through negotiations time way over the last week we've seen some of those comments said that theory to spread from both north korea. calling it a. threat to completely call off the summit so we're waiting now to see whether this means that united states w

u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un may still go ahead the u.s. delegation is in north korea while a team from the north is in china on its way to singapore south korea has suggested that president moon in may also take part. it's in his presence is appointed in. colonist to become interim prime minister lord cook that early is a former official at the international monetary fund italy is experiencing political turmoil following the decision of the presence to veto the former prime minister's choice of economy minister colombia said for a run of photo elect a new president after sunday's election produced nokia win a conservative even duke a critic of the fact peace deal got thirty nine percent of the vote he will face left wing challenger gustavo petro in three weeks more than two million afghans are at risk of severe food shortages because of a devastating drought unipod says below average rain snow fall and precipitation since december have affected twenty out of thirty four provinces with the hardest hit zones in northern and western afghanist

u.s. and north korean delegations happening inside the demilitarized zone this was the u.s. team leaving the seoul hotel early on tuesday morning led by an experienced south korean born u.s. diplomat soon kim their focus will be on the issues that donald trump and kim jong un would discuss trying to move from the general to the specific in a phone call on monday the u.s. president and japanese prime minister agreed to meet in person. we agreed to have a tapan u.s. summit before the u.s. north korea summit and it's likely that will happen just before or after a g seven meeting in canada on the eighth of june like south korea's moon. wants to ensure his concerns are addressed in any u.s. north korea summit not just those exclusive to donald trump andrew thomas is there so the leaders of libya's key factions are due to meet the french president in paris for talks to end the political crisis emmanuelle michael has been welcoming delegates at the elysee palace the eastern based renegade general he felt have to add is expected to be there along with his rival the head of the un bac

russian nato council continues to operate that the u.s. korean union always continues its contacts with russia it's important to continue the dialogue our civil societies need to. stay in touch in russia germany relations on different levels. can stand the test of disagreements because if we want to solve problems we need to continue to talk and have this dialogue and there are certain things that where we're united. so yes of course we can discuss other subjects to where we disagree so when we talk a lot about each other we also need to find ways to talk to each other and that's one of the most important elements of our. operation so i think that's an important time for us to meet now now if you start with a first date i. don't think there's. any need to link the development of our relations with our blood sugar ration this with third countries. as i said germany's key trade in economic partners with russia we had about eighty billion us dollars of trade couple of years ago and started to grow who right now it's about fifty. and hundreds of thou

u.s. had the combined command with the south korean and u.s. military. basically the theater in east asia. one is korean theater population and the other one is the command is basically at the pacific command. however, what u.s. forces in japan can tell to the japanese concept is very limited because of the u.s. forces in korea and the general security of the agreement between japan and the republic of korea, but was not previously prepared. japan has contingency from time to time and was so frustrated that we don't get to direct information from the south koreans and also even the u.s. forces in korea. so, such a dilemma. [inaudible] perhaps it means the defense ministry and foreign ministry was planned military heads. and between south korea and the u.s., i'll effect there. over two plus two was not to formalize the active moment. however, we asked. i'm sure it was easy. but they had a huge experience that was very helpful. however, i remember koreans say the spokesperson said over public opinion. the big challenge in serious case of korean government c

u.s. and north korean delegations happening inside the demilitarized zone this was the u.s. team leaving the seoul hotel early on tuesday morning led by an experienced south korean born u.s. diplomat soon kim their focus will be on the issues that donald trump and kim jong un would discuss trying to move from the general to the specific the u.s. delegation is staying hair and so they drove an hour north and just across the border on sunday possibly again on monday it's thought that's where they were heading again on tuesday in a phone call on monday the u.s. president and japanese prime minister agreed to meet in person. we agreed to have a tapan u.s. summit before the u.s. north korea summit and it's likely that will happen just before or after a g seven meeting in canada on the eighth of june like south korea's moon. wants to ensure his concerns are addressed in any u.s. north korea summit not just those exclusive to donald trump andrew thomas al-jazeera so the leaders of previous faxon's are to me. with the french president in paris for talks to end the seven year politica

u.s. wants everything by the north koreans first before the u.s. does anything, because the north korean koreans have broken the word many times. but they think about this in terms of easing the economic pressure on us. whether the president goes for that or not is a different question. >> you how if anything less than that were offered, how the president might react. it would be hard to come away from a one-day summit with nothing, as he has put a lot of eggs in this basket. >> i agree will be hard and the president continues to the ante. on the other hand he has said, and i think it's a very good negotiating position, if nothing comes out of this, i will walk away. if i sit down with kim across the table, and it becomes unclear that we are not, it's pretty hard to do with the whole world watching when your incentive with kim. and it seems to be just a matter of reality and having been to summits in the past between reagan and gorbachev, you can't get all this done in 24-48 hour hours. we are starting at zero when it comes to negotiating. the idea

alexandra: this meeting today between the south korean president and u.s. esident donald trump was actually meant to find a joint strategy for dealing with the north korean leader during this planned summit. now it seems to have become more of a crisis session. it is really remarkable that president trump for the very first time has admitted that this summit may not take place on june 12, that it may be delayed. and we have to understand that, we have to remind ourselves what happened last week. the white house was caught off-guard when north koreans fired off a string of inflammatory statements against the u.s., condemning the latest u.s. south korean military drills in the region, saying that they are not going to participate in a meeting with south koreans, and then threatening to cancel the planned summit with donald trump. and since then, we have to say that trump's advisors have become increasingly skeptical that kim jong-un is really committed to pledges to seriously discuss denuclearization. so actually what happened today his not coming as a huge su

korean peninsula. their meeting on the 22nd will be instrumental in preparing for a successful u.s.-north korean summit. havetary pompeo and i hasrmed that our alliance long served as the linchpin for peace and stability on the korean peninsula in the region. we also reaffirmed that for the last 65 years, the united states forces in korea have played a crucial role for deterrence and peace and stability in the region. we would like to emphasize again that the u.s. military presence for our alliance first and foremost. after this meeting i am even more confident that our alliance is more robust than ever and there is no daylight in our cooperation in the denuclearization of the peninsula. once again, i would like to think secretary pompeo for today's food from discussion and look forward -- today's fruitful discussion and look forward to working with him. seoul to see him again in and reciprocate the hospitality very soon. thank you very much. >> we have time for two questions. >> thank you. you mentioned, and have mentioned before, that you are looking for permanent, verifiable, irr

korean counterpart. came in as diplomatic efforts to rescue kim summit with u.s. president all trump continue the two leaders met inside the demilitarized zone that divides the two koreas south korean officials say they had a candid exchange of views of making the u.s. north korean summit in june a success it's the second meeting between the two men within just a month coming days off to president trump first council to summit with came then suggested it may happen off to roll. we're going to cross over to the south korean capital so waiting for us there reuters correspondent josh smith. june the twelve summit between donald trump and kim jong un has been all and off over the past couple of days is this a surprise meeting between the north and south korean leaders is this a signal that that summit in june may now definitely be back on it does send a very different sense of it than what we've seen over the past week or so which is obviously been threats by both north korea and the united states to call off this summit this does appear to put the united states in a p