u.s. north korea talks with d.d. we will try hard to build a new peaceful relationship between the u.s. north korea and regimes in syria talks immediately so that north korea can move forward with denuclearization and corresponding measures from the u.s. can be used robin wright has more on that story for us from seoul. south korean president moon j.n. travels to pyongyang determined to breathe new life into an initiative launched the started and which now seems to be stalled. he knows the price of failure could be a return to the dangerous brinkmanship of missile testing and. if it becomes their. talks it is not about nuclear disarmament are stark and they asked back again. are there hardliners in washington and seoul especially in washington they have an upper hand and probably they'll start demanding their speedy turn to their hard line maximum pressure point. in holding this summit moon is following in the footsteps of a previous us or president roh moo hyun a like minded reformer who held talks in pyongyang in two thousand and seven this will be moon's third summit with the north ko

u.s. north korea talks for d.d. we will try hard to build a new peaceful relationship between the u.s. north korea and regimes and see the talks immediately so that north korea can move forward with denuclearization and corresponding measures from the u.s. can be used right mcbride is our correspondent as ever tracking what's going on on the korean peninsula for us rob this is happening in pyongyang north of the border is that being seen as good news in the region. i think so peter these events do not take place normally that is the first visit by a south korean president to pyongyang since two thousand and seven so it is something of a landmark there is growing anticipation both here in south korea and in north korea we know it is going to be a very packed itinerary the most important element of that of course will be the series of face to face meetings between moon j.n. of south korea and kim jong un they'll also be far more detailed discussions between members of their very large delegations they'll be talking about ways of improving into korean relations building on what they have a

and this should be discussed between north korea and the u.s. . so. joint a declaration did not include any of those specific measures of north korea and corresponding actions of the u.s. well we discussed some of it but we did not have it written down so i cannot reveal or discuss any of those items with you here any question lion cox from c.n.n. . mr president the north koreans said that they would agree to close down young yong if there were corresponding measures from the united states can you tell us what those measures are and if not clearly you're in a unique position knowing what president trump is willing to give and knowing what kim jong un wants could you tell us how far apart their positions are likely. yes c.n.n. storage. cannon thought hound to say it was going to get that and you got that within the you who found in two thousand songs is a world in which of the by some interest because to me that could come again from two guys one talk to be counted one and that one them young or. city. homeowners or the single poor the declaration betwe

u.s.-north korea relation, and we will hear from kathleen stevens a former ambassador to the north korea, and an adviser who was part of the negotiations between the u.s. and north korea. the korea economic institute of america hosted this event. >>> good afternoon. my name is troy, and i'd like to welcome you here no the korean economic institute. we are fortunate to have a distinguished panel with us, and we are talking about a very important issue, how do we develop a negotiation strategy moving forward with north korea. and we have fortuitous timing. i will be honest that we did not know that the summit would be ending when it did and to take place, place, but it is well timed for us. but i want to sort of move into things quickly, because we have substance today and important issues, but first, everybody a has the speaker bios but which want to introduce everyone. to my right we have ambassador chin yung wu with which is a think tank in seoul and previously he served as the prime economic adviser, and served as south korea's lead negotiator in the six-party talks. and next to the amb

the summit this time around is successful, that would mean it would pave way for a successful north korea-u.ssummit, indicating this is pretty much what the summit is supposed to determine. having said that, the preconditions of a successful -- leading up to a successful u.s.-north korea summit would be getting kim jong-un to hand over this list of nuclear facilities and getting kim jong-un to open andorth korea to analysts professionals that could verify whether or not his process is indeed credible. rishaad: absolutely. a busy three days, but not lunching with him today but they are meeting later today, aren't they? -- on the screen we have at the press center, we sister stepping up to the guesthouse where moon in his delegation are staying. it is up in the air on whether kim jong-un would be attending lunch with moon. what is confirmed is moon jae-in and kim jong-un will have a meeting shortly after lunch and tomorrow as well before their planned joint press conference. himd: what is the point of bringing a lot of business heads to the north? what are we expecting to get as far as business

north koreans wanted? jung: righti this is great ng to get the talks between the u.s. and north korea restarte secretary pompeo and the department of state had already come out to say that the u.s. is ready to meet north korea at any time, and that he is looking forward to meeting his counterpart from north korea in new york.pr i thinident moon from south korea has succeeded in getting the u.s.-north korea talks back on track, but i think the lingering problems about sequencing of nuclear issues vs. the peace declaration, for example, remains outng. laura: kim jong-un talked about corresponding steps he would like the u.s. to take. what are the corresponding steps? jung: i think the corresponding steps are coistent with what the north koreans have asked for in the past. kim jong-un in pticular seems to be focused on the peace declaration now, sthat is likely to be on the agenda, or couched as a corresponding action. sanctions reduction or the removal of sanctions would be another corresponding action to show that the u.s. is sincere about making nice with the north koreans. laura: pre

u.s. and north korea pyongyang asked us to be the mediator they propose to work closely with south korea as well i think the u.s. should understand the position of north korea and resume the talks as soon as possible i believe the accomplishments made at the summit this time will lead to the progress option of the talks. now to robert wright is live for us in seoul resisting that move went straight to the media center to make this speech from the airport after his three day trip. that's right laura it was his first stop was basically to try to sell this now to the south korean nation he has come back in confident mood as indeed he should i think people here are generally agreed that this is something of a high point in into korean relations it's difficult to remember a time when relations were as good as this but after the last several days of smiles and handshakes and hugs he's been facing some tough questions just about the details of the kind of deal that he has come back with and also what now lies ahead in this role as the mediator in chief if you like he has repeated in his address to

u.s. and north korea, north korea says they can live with u.s. troops in south korea.but how do you know? in what context did they say? they might've said it's useless to talk about withdrawal at that time. so instead of arguing that they couldn't achieve, they might have decided to show they are flexible, making a concession of tolerating a u.s. presence. but now i don't know. i don't know if they can live with u.s. troops when they decide to denuclearize. i doubt it. mr. stangarone: i'm going to bundle some questions because we are short on time. we will start with mark. >> thank you to you all for a great resin tatian. two quick questions. the first on the joint statement between the militaries that was theed to separately from statement. when i rated it seems like all of the concessions were coming from the south korean side, ambassador you referenced some of them. can you see anything the north koreans gave up that's useful? and secondly, it is clear that for the two koreas to move forward on the economic cooperation projects and others that they have, they need a

north korea and south korea. it is going to be a very delicate task for the south korea leader to work as chief negotiator in this effort to bring the u.s. and north korea closer together. particularly now with the north blaming the u.s. for the stalemate. how delicate an operation is this for moon and what are the major challenges? >> there's no doubt there appears to be a repore. there's no doubt it was an accident. that on the same day president moon is in pyongyang there's a vote on the north korea state run newspaper article slamming the u.s. saying the u.s. is totally to blame for the stalemate. between the u.s. and north korea. it's laying out how difficult it is going to be for the south korea president to bring the two sides closer together. especially now he's been asked by both sides to be the chief negotiator. until there's an active dialogue. between washington and pyongyang. we have been seeing plenty of pomp and ceremony. we saw some remarkable images of a motorcade. with both leaders standing out of the sunroof and waving. which were lining that route. the fact is the hard work starts behind closed dors. that is happenin

and north korea pyongyang asked us to be the mediator they propose to work closely with south korea as well i think the u.s. should understand the position of north korea and resume the talks as soon as possible i believe the accomplishments made at the summit this time will lead to the progress option of the talks. the ugandan opposition leader bobby wine has landed back home and there are reports that he has been taken by the police the pop star turned opposition politician was receiving medical treatment in the us is only said he needed to travel abroad after he'd been tortured in police custody the government had banned rallies to welcome him home welcome web reports from bobby winds hometown of mcgary near kampala people who were traveling with bobby wine so that is there's a display. on the tarmac and it's at a it's national airport he didn't bother to he was arrested bundled into a police lot of police denied he was arrested they say they're escorting him. his convoy was the passing through the suburbs of combo a short while ago but it hasn't yet received this is it mcgarry is a short distance outsi

u.s. secretary of state mike bump aoe announce he will chair i mean. the u.n. security council on north korea next week on bail wants the international community to maintain pressure on pyongyang as bringing our correspondent in seoul south korea now rob mcbride so rob the two leaders have been meeting for about an hour now what can we expect from day too. that's right there's a lot of expectation for you as you might expect what is going to be produced especially this the second most important day of this summit they have begun talks as you said within the past hour or so we don't know what. the results have been so far there was no statements at the start of those talks we understand it's simply a one on one meeting between the two leaders but if smiles are anything to go by then all the observers say that things are going well. these talks are taking place at the state guesthouse the first round of talks symbolically took place at the headquarters of the workers' party of career tuesday afternoon again those talks apparently went well denuclearization was discussed but as far as progress b

u.s. president to meet with a north korean leader analysts believe that north korea will want the u.s. to declare a formal end to the korean war possibly demanding a withdrawal of u.s. forces in the south and the relief from sanctions that are hurting north korea's struggling economy president trump has not ruled out making concessions. what was what is what is at work but in the mid-south words off it is very calm these karmarkar so we'll see what happens a similar kind of calmness perhaps between these two leaders on the peak of this sacred spot although both of them and the rest of the world too was surely aware they were standing on a volcano. joining me now is to. south korea ok the three day visit and we saw that the two leaders standing out against the backdrop of the sacred volcano what was the message their leaders were giving by choosing this location. well i really think that unity was the definite message here of the idea the korean peninsula could be entering a new era you know this mountain is basically known as the setting of a sort of myth the logical story about the beg

north korea demands. and if it's justifiable, or if we are better off with one year of denuclearization in return troopsithdrawal of u.s. and all of the things north korea is demanding. this is something we have to think about. i think we should not rule out the possibility of kim jong-un denuclearizing. .e's a strategist he knows what he's doing. what he's talking about. listening that he could withhold things, or try to go for a year latency, it sounds like two things come to mind. we need a risk management strategy. how do we manage the risks of going down this road and getting what we think we are getting but knowing that we are not really getting what we think we are getting. needthat entail that we dependingtrategies, on whether he is willing to go this fire, and maybe not. what do you think laura? i think the risk management pieces is one of the most important elements. i come at this from that skepticism about where we are going to be able to get to, even if we aspire to try. does go big points for me. one goes -- two big points. because we had the maximum pressure campaign and we started to think about sanctio

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u.s. in return. the detailed measures or the appropriate measures are things that must be agreed upon between north korea and the u.s. . it underlines moon's vital role now as go between the north koreas negotiations with the u.s. as he prepares for a meeting next week with trump whatever the outcome this summit with kim has revealed to leaders building a home grown man and then term for a change that may be difficult to stop robert bright al-jazeera so malaysia's former prime minister najib razak has pleaded not guilty to dozens of new corruption charges prosecutors accuse najib razak of illegally transferring hundreds of millions of dollars from a state fund into his personal account louis has the latest from credible. arrived in court to face twenty five new charges including money laundering and abuse of power he's pleading not guilty to receiving hundreds of millions of dollars prosecutors say the money in his bank account came from the state investment fund one be set up by now gyp eight years ago. billion ringgit the issue up to two point six billion ringgit has been used to store anger an assault

u.s. and north korea. so, it's safe hedge for abe to the open talk, and abe is using some secret channel like prime minister before him? i don't think so. >> it did seem like there was more talk about it and abe-kim summit earlier when kim was sort of the diplomatic debutante of the year and everyone wanted to get on board of the train of, well, if everyone else is meeting with him, i guess i better, otherwise japan looks like they're left out, but north korea was very dismissive of the abductee issue and said, it's been solved, move on. and then now is the u.s.-north korea talks are more publicly becoming clear that we're not getting anywhere and north korea released another grumpy gram last night or this morning sort of, no, no, no, what don't you get about no, that abe may feel like, well, okay, if the train is faltering, he doesn't need to put as much effort into getting a summit. otherwise, it looked like he was being left out. right here. >> thank you for coming. this is really great conversation. my

u.s. in return. the detail measures or the appropriate measures are things that must be agreed upon between north korea and the u.s. . it underlines moon's vital role now as go between the north koreas negotiations with the u.s. as he prepares for a meeting next week with trump whatever the outcome this summit with kim has revealed to leaders building a home grown man and then turn for a change that may be difficult to stop robert bride al-jazeera so. the ugandan opposition politician bobby weiner has returned to his home near camp pilar from the united states hundreds of the former pop star supporters turned out to welcome him defying a government ban of the wine has been receiving medical treatment in the u.s. his lawyer had said he'd had to go abroad after being tortured in police custody malcolm webb has more from bobby wines home suburb of macquarie just outside of compiler. still as the plane was in touched down on the tarmac in heavy international airport and he left the aircraft people traveling with him say he was bundled into a police car arrested and taken away three tonight he was arrested

their main goal is to help north korea and u.s. tiations and convince north to take a step forward to show serious will go a long ways. >> shannon: thank you very much. busy day at the white house including a response by the president facing tough question about his second supreme court nominee. let's discuss it with white house correspondent jeff mason and white house correspondent. thank you both for coming in tonight. i want to play little bit, the president was asked today about the allegations swirling around brett kavanaugh and what he thinks his chances are. here's what he said. >> he is somebody very special, at the same time we want to go through a process. we want to make sure everything is perfect and everything is just right. i have great confidence in the u.s. senate and in their procedures and what they are doing and i think that's probably what they are going to do. they'll go through a process and hear everybody out. i think it's important. >> shannon: staying on message. >> he stayed on message. that is not somethin

at the time, north korea was really feeling uneasy. the u.s. t want to talk without any clear agreement. so, north korea somehow decided -- also, expecting some economic aid. but, it wasn't without condition. it was a starting point.u/6 -- so, this time of course, the trump administration is strong with north korea and is now showing some room. we never know. we japanese don't know. it is some kind of hedge. probably, if things are going so wrong, like an agreement over denuclearization is implemented and the north koreans talk with the u.s. and that is ongoing.t6fi japan is expected to help economic development aid and ordinary people, the reaction is, where is our objection? and prime minister abe makes it clear. so, i think it is safe to say we are open, open for china to talk about it. that is clear. if things are going ahead, ready to talk, but the abduction issue must come first. prime minister abe keeps telling president trump and president trump clearly understands and he very amazingly brought such an issue with the talks with kim jong-

u.s.-north korea dialogue with chairman kim.ticular, significant that chairman kim personally expressed his commitment to denuclearization world media and i highlighted once again the denuclearization agreement reached with chairman kim 150,000 citizens of pyongyang. north korea's decision to relinquish nuclear program has been officialized to a degree that not even those within north korea can revert. thank you for your approach, we are in the process of solving a problem that no one has been able to solve in the decades past. i would like to thank you for this, mr. president. chairman kim also repeatedly conveyed his unwavering trust and expectations for you while expecting hope to meet you soon to quickly conclude this denuclearization process with you. because you are, indeed, the only person who can solve this problem. i look forward to seeing the u.s. north korea summit take place and wish you great success. [inaudible] agreement between our three countries, i believe it is significant because it means that our alliance is

u.s./north korea summit. this is 20 minutes. >> under president trump, we are leading from the front. this was clear from the first meeting this morning in which we issued a call for global action for the world drug problem, drug trafficking, narcotics and substance abuse is intensifying on a global scale. within the united states, president trump is leading a massive and effective counterattack against it. it is time for every country to follow our lead. later today, the president will hold bilateral meetings with the president of south korea, the president of egypt, and the president of france. whether security issues, human rights or anything else, the president is asking for countries to exert their sovereignty to solve challenges and listen to what americans can do to help. the emphasis on sovereignty was the theme of president trump's speech to the general assembly last year and will endure in his speech tomorrow along with a recap of his call for every nation to do is part -- it's part in what has paid dividends for the united states and the world in the last year. president tr

preview the president's schedule and priorities and answered questions on plans for a second u.s., north korea summit. they were also asked about rod -- deputy attorney general general -- deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. this is 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. it is an honor to be here for the 73rd united nations general secretary pompeo: good morning, everyone. it is an honor to be here for the 73rd united nations general assembly. my first as secretary of state. kind of the super bowl of diplomacy. americans can be proud of the deal we are negotiating. americans expect the united states to serve bold leadership on the world stage that reflects our values and under president trump, we are leading from the front. this was clear from the first meeting which we issued a call for the global drug problem. the scourge of drug problems, and substance abuses is intensifying on a global scale. within the united states, president trump is leading a massive and effective counterattack against it. it is now time for every country to follow our lead. to follow our lead. later today, the pres

preview the president's schedule and priorities and answered questions on plans for a second u.s., north korea summit. they were also asked about rod rosenstein. this is 20 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. it is an honor to be here for the 73rd united nations general assembly. my first as secretary of state. kind of the super bowl of diplomacy. americans can be proud of the deal we are negotiating. americans expect the united values,o reflect our and trump -- under trump, we are leading. this was clear from the first meeting which we issued a call for the global drug problem. the scourge of substance abuses is intensifying on a global scale. within the united states, president trump is leading a massive and effective counterattack against it. it is now time for every country to follow our lead. later today, the president will hold meetings with president moon of south korea, the president of egypt and president , mccrone of france. whether security issues, economic issues, human rights, or, anything else the president , is asking for countries to exert their sovereignty to solve challenges

u.s. north korea talks could be affected by this they hang in the balance what kinds of reactions are we seeing from both sides. the americans remain very guarded about this whole process the u.s. state department has welcomed this dialogue but has said that if any agreements come out of it towards denuclearization then they really have to be especially at this point meaningful and verifiable those are the words that they have used their concern is of course that this is all taking the pressure off north korea they have sponsored a debate overnight at the u.n. security council accusing the russians of violating sanctions with their ship to ship transfers of fuel oil and so on you have to remember of course that north korea remains one of the most sanctioned countries in the world and amid all of this flurry of activity it's sometimes easy to forget that and the suspicion is that the russians and the chinese are probably more forgetful the most meanwhile for their part the north koreans while they have been heaping praise on their south korean brothers and especially towards moon j.n. they have

u.s.-north korea relations. it is hosted by the korean economic institute of america. you can see live coverage starting at noon eastern. after that it is a look at the 2019 pentagon budget. coverage starts at 3:30 eastern on c-span. later, democratic senator tim kaine of virginia faces his republican challenger corey stewart in the first of two townhall events hosted by liberty university and hampton university. the topic will be domestic policy and the economy. see live coverage at 7:00 eastern on c-span. the senate judiciary committee has postponed its scheduled vote on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. chuck grassley has called a hearing for this coming monday to give judge kavanaugh, along with christine blasey ford, a chance to testify. her lawyer says the fbi should investigate before she appears.

and the leaders of north and south korea agreed to sweeping measures to improve relations it comes as the u.s. gives north korea until twenty twenty one to make good on its pledge to denuclearize it's. good to have you with us we must do everything to avoid a hard and we stand ready to compromise those confident words are from austria's chancellor sebastian cortes ahead of a key e.u. song. taking place tonight in salzburg austria but with just six months to go before britain leaves the e.u. the european council president is warning that parts of the u.k.'s a bright superposed rules need revising so is the e.u. sending mixed signals we begin tonight with this report. it's being described as an informal summit. austrian chancellors of austrian cooks appear to be living up to the relaxed atmosphere as british prime minister to resign may arrive for dinner. but her main task is to convince the whole of the e.u. that her brags that package will work. ahead of formal negotiations may remained positive in the face of continuing harsh criticism over her exit proposals i believe this is the right prop

u.s. stocks falling the most in a month and the dollar sliding. and the south korean president going to north korea for another meeting with kim. he hopes to revive the stalled nuclear talks with washington. >> into quick check of how markets closed on the monday session in new york. shery: we saw u.s. stocks falling, the s&p 500 down 6/10 of 1%. and waiting for the enough my from president trump on the next batch of tariffs on chinese goods, sources saying they could be 10% tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods. investors sought refuge in industrials and energy stocks, but not enough to pull the markets up, with the dow falling and the nasdaq going down 1.4%, led lower by amazon, microsoft and even apple falling despite the fact we got news some of their products might be spared from the next round of tariffs on chinese imports. lets the how things are shaping up in asia. sophie: like in the u.s., trade will take center stage in asia as well as waiting on the announcement which ups the chances china will bail on the talks with washington. tech will likely be the weaker spot, as from apple supplie

position with more power and more money and the leaders of north and south korea agree to sweeping measures to win for their relations it comes as the u.s. gives north korea until the year twenty twenty one to make good on its pledge to denuclearize. it's good to have you with us we must do everything to avoid a hard hit and we stand ready to compromise now those confident words are from austrian chancellor service. cts tonight as a key you e.u. summit begins in salzburg but with just six months to go before britain leaves the european union the european council president is warning that the parts of the u.k.'s breaks it proposals well they need some revising so is the e.u. sending mixed signals we'll go to salzburg in just a moment we begin tonight with this report. it's being described as an informal summit. the austrian chancellor's about and could appear to be living up to the relaxed atmosphere as british prime minister to resume a write for dinner but may's main task is to convince the whole of the e.u. that her brakes it package will work ahead of formal negotiations a positive message from courts. i think that if we want to make

needs to come back with a clear accomplishment toward the nuclearization we know what north korea wants from the u.s. they want to stick liberation to end the korean war but on the other hand u.s. wants north korea to finally take dead specific steps toward nuclear radiation namely disclosing its list of nuclear facilities and if this is not mentioned at the summit whether by kim jong un or in the final statement this is going to be considered a failure ok just very quickly how would you sum up one james. here is still the staunch ally of the united states or is he more of a mediator well the government has said time and again that they want south korea to be the driver of the korean peninsula they're close to the u.s. they're close to north korea they want to be in the middle and they want to help bring these two parties together thank you very much indeed we will see how it goes as soon as we wait for the arrival of the entourage that has arrived from the airport to go to the official guest house where they will have lunch and then the real business starts the first one on one summit between jay a

u.s. and north korea but he received a reaction he was not expecting. good evening. president trump denounced globalism and embraced his america first philosophy in his speech at the united nations a. >> we are told one part of his speech got a reaction the president was not expecting. >> reporter: that is exactly. the president to focus his ee

setting a deadline for the completion of its denuclearization talks with north korea january twenty twenty one that's according to u.s. secretary of state. he says he's restarting because she ages with north korea immediately and has invited pyongyang's foreign minister to meet him in new york next week now it comes as the leaders of north and south korea are hailing a deal to improve their talks in a highly symbolic move the south's moon julian has invited kim jong un to seoul this will be the first ever visit by a north korean leader the symbolic gestures and visits they're proving easier to achieve then reducing the north korean nuclear threat. day to south korean president jay inslee this it to his no the neighbor kim jong un more carefully staged displays of harmony along with the generous serving of couple . the two leaders selling their pact is a breakthrough they've announced kim will become the first northern leader to visit seoul another step along the road to peace they say so and on the road with adopted a military pact to end a history of brutal confrontation and the great to make efforts to turn the kor

the meeting comes as north korea takes a fresh shot at the u.s. from seoul is paula hancocks. paula, more gangster like accusations from the north. >> reporter: that's right, dave. a very warm welcome for the south korean president moon jae-in. on the front page of the state run newspaper, an article saying the u.s. is totally to blame with the deadlock with the north and u.s. relations. realization that moon jae-in doesn't have an easy job to bring the two sides closer together. we have learned the first summit meeting which last twod hoed tw. they have become really close and made a big achievement and saying inter korean relations and north korea and u.s. relations have improved. no further details of what he means by that. clearly the relationship between these two leaders is going well. as you say, at the same time, the article slamming the u.s. important he did not mention the u.s. president, but conservative politicians. dave. >> paula, thank you. >>> the trump administration announcing a new round of tariffs on china. $200 billion of goods.

u.s. when it comes to north korea and this time it has been the scene we know what the u.s. wants they want north korea to take the next step and hopefully in return the u.s. may be willing to give the declaration to end the korean war that north korea very much hopes for if they get those things from this could that then set up the possible. ality of a second trump came the summit in october that's very much been actually publicized at least among commentators there is been such quick progress on the denuclearization front at least when it comes to dialogue with north korea and it is entirely possible that we might see trump making their grand gesture before the mid-term election happens in november when you see the friendliness between these two leaders where things have got so far compared with where we were a year ago when things were reduced to shouting across the d.m.z. by megaphone is the only lines of communication that can you ever see relations going back to that i mean obviously there have been these initiatives before but this one does seem different it seems so d

u.s. has the rotating presidency and the subject is north korea so an update from secretary of state pompei zero on what has been going on with regard to the u.s. and north korea and of course that recent summit between north korea and south korea now the big question is who will attend this meeting north korea never goes to security council meetings there's only one occasion last december when they sent their ambassador what's a little intriguing is moments ago we saw the north korean foreign minister come in by the gate here and head into the united nations he could be going to have a meeting with anyone some security council diplomats that i've spoken to say there's a rumor that he might be at the meeting we need to watch that very closely we need to watch also if there's any new details coming from secretary of state pompei o but it's pretty clear he won't tell the security council everything because this is an open session and that news conference i referred to earlier president trumpet said there's a lot going on behind the scenes. i think i have it right here and i think that what we

u.s. and north korean officials in austria. this sparked dialogue which has been stalled. there have been a stalemate with the u.s. and north korea and clearly had this is what south korean president moon jae-in, the chief negotiator has come back with. there is not a lot of new in the denuclearization part of the agreement, but at least he managed to get the two sides talking again. christine. >> paula for us in seoul. thank you for that. >>> president trump's attorney claims nbc edited lester holt's interview with the president last year where mr. trump said he was thinking about the russia investigation when he fired james comey as fbi director. here is the president telling that to lester holt in may of 2017. >> i was going to fire comey. knowing there was no good time to do it. and in fact when i decided to just do it, i said to myself. i said you know this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> special counsel bob mueller's team is looking into the move against comey amounted to obstruction in the russia investigation. last night, jay sekulow said the network improperly edited the interview. he said reali

u.s. and north korea for denuclearization. am i wrong, is there any package like this or set of detailed plans yet between the u.s. and north korea regarding the north korean program? >> i could bring in a stack of the intelligence but i don't think that would be appropriate. >> these are public agreements and treaties. there is no such treaty worked out. am i correct there is no detailed inventory of north korean assets that have been developed with agreement on both sides? >> am i correct that there is no schedule for eliminating these nuclear assets agreed to by both sides. >> night yet. >> my correct there is no regime been developed by both sides. >> it has been drafted by our side. >> so, while it's hard to have a complete barricade verification regime. >> this particular statement says the united states and dprk commit to work toward the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. that wording, to work toward is a far cry from what the standard that secretary pompeo set out for which i believe he used the words co

denuclearization of the korean peninsula which from north korea's perspective this means the alliance relationship with the u.s. ending extended deterrence for north korea for south korea ending the mutual defense treaty and so forth so we'll see what this details of this are of north korea's changed its position arms control been around for a long time if north korea is serious there are mechanisms for fulfilling its nonproliferation commitments that it's already been said that it's already made so we'll see if the working groups can flesh this out and reach some details that are workable ok thanks and thanks very much for joining us from cell. now china has followed through with its threat to retaliate against the latest u.s. tariffs on chinese goods further escalating a trade war aging says its imposing levies on another sixty billion dollars of american made items to u.s. president donald trump announced increased tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of chinese products tom says he's open to talking to beijing but what let's take advantage of the u.s. has more from beijing. china fires back in the escala

u.s. and north korea have really sort of all their diplomatic fireworks at the big summit in june in singapore so the expectations there were six trimly high and they cannot be met i think the much more significant diplomatic event that we're looking at now is the meeting with the south korean president what can we expect to come out of those talks i think so is really trying hard to bring in north korea to engage then become known that he just as the chinese are doing and the big question in south korea is are they going to propose a peace treaty at some point i don't think we're going to see this at the summit this month but i think there's a strong political will in south korea to offer more to north korea to just to bring them in from the cold i mean you mention the fact that they're going to try and potentially engage south korea economically is that the sense that north korea at seventy really needs to do that for the for the state of the nation and the situation that the people find themselves in the it absolutely does seventy years of north korea is a celebration for the kim family bec

don't get into north korea now understands and agrees that into korean relations is really important for the dialogue with the u.s. . south korean president returns to seoul after an historic meeting with north korea's kim jong il name pyongyang and. european union leaders discuss new partners in north africa to tackle the issue of migrants arriving on their soil. the fight against terrorism a new report says the blockade on cattle by neighboring countries has a negative impact. plus a display of affection or aggression out as there uncovers the dark truth about the treatment of animals in china's marine parks on polar east with the sport and it's for doping of the world or thirty votes on whether to lift russia's ban make protests from athletes around the globe. now it was an historic three days with north korea's kim jong un and now the president of south korea is back on home soil me. has been speaking to the media to address the nation about his trip to the north he said kim wants a second summit with the u.s. president donald trump as soon as possible and he said north korea has asked the south to mediate ta