u.s. and north korea. a third north korea-u.s. summit and the timing of that, really that would depend on what kind of change today's encounter will bring about. but we have expectations for future developments obviously. the last portion of your question related to yongbyon nuclear complex and whether if that is completely dismantled with sincerity then that would mean irreversible denuclearization, or the beginning of an irreversible denuclearization from the part of north korea. so if those types of actions are taken out in sincerity then a consideration of the international community for sanctions relief could happen, i was giving you a context or a background to my thoughts. >> -- this afternoon. however, as i mentioned, the focus of the dialogue today will be the dialogue between the united states and north korea. and of course president trump and chairman kim will have a reunion and have subsequent dialogue, and i hope and i do believe that this is vastly significant for the dialogue that will follow after the meeting today

u.s. sanction measures against north korea. still, expectations for a sustainable peace would remain high in seoul as a series of contacts between the leaders of the republic of korea, north korea, the u.s. and china have been made and planned. i suppose professional analysis will be provided by the panelists during the sessions today. there are many topics open to consideration including last week's summit between china and north korea, planned summit between the u.s. and china in osaka and scheduled visit by president trump to seoul. while in addition to monitoring interactions between the leaders of the region, it is interesting to note that president moon jay publicly sent a message to chairman kim during his recent visit to scandinavia. in his speech to the swedish parliament exactly ten days ago, he urged north korea that if sanction measures were to be lifted, the country would need to prove its genuine intentions for peace building. to this end he said continue the dialogues with members of the international community fo

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera so for more on that let's speak to scott snyder he is a senior fellow for korea studies and the director of the program on u.s. korea policy at the council on foreign relations he joins us now live from washington d.c. scott let's start with the big question is kim jong un going to show up. i think it looks increasingly likely that kim jong un may show up for a meeting at the d.m.z. if you go back to the content of the exchange of letters between president trump and kim jong un there have been references to interesting content and also the south korean president moon has indicated that there is more to that exchange than meets the eye and of course he has a big stake in seeing this happen since he'll be accompanying trump to the d.m.z. so the fact that trump is forward leaning on th

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera so well. he's a senior fellow for korea studies and the director of the program on u.s. policy at the council on foreign relations and he says trust me it's commitment this time from ken in order for this nation to be a significant step forward on north korea and didn't care as a nation. i think it looks increasingly likely that kim jong un may show up for a meeting at the d.m.z. if you go back to the content of the exchange of letters between president trump and kim jong un there have been references to interesting content and also the south korean president moon has indicated that there is more to that exchange than meets the eye and of course he has a big stake in seeing this happen since he'll be accompanying trump to the d.m.z. so the fact that trump is forward leaning on that

they're perhaps stepping over into north korea let me ask you james how comfortable will the u.s. president be stepping over that line into north korea as the south korean president moon j and did in april 27th seen as you've outlined because this time around as we've seen from some of the live pictures there the security and logistics are not salute nightmare james. i would love to know what is going on the bar hind the scenes and what has been arranged behind the scenes because you have a presidential security meeting one of the most. geo political hot spots in the world and diplomatic protocol you can't just go to the other side to get ready for the presidential visit you have to be invited i wonder how many u.s. servicemen are already waiting on north korean soil i wonder how many secret service agents will be in waiting because the u.s. secret service one of the oldest law enforcement agencies in the u.s. is there to protect the president we've all seen the hollywood movies and they're prepared to take a bullet for their president so this will be a very well planned hastily pl

u.s. troops on south korean soil north korea doesn't like that at all that going forward of course will be part of what the north wants to discuss worth telling you that many more than that more than 30037000 u.s. troops died in the korean war so this is also a moment i think while he's here of some remembrance of what has gone before this over the last 66 years what's not clear from the pictures we're seeing at the moment aaron is where kim is clearly there's quite a lot of logistics and choreography here getting these leaders together given the kims had to come and we think of travel by road down from pyongyang and that is quite a long journey i've done it myself last year it is a highway but it's a very bumpy highway takes a couple of hours at least president trump continuing on his tour guided by the general and other dignitaries of the whole d.m.z. area getting an idea of the geography of on the ground some of the historical context i'm sure being told to the president this is a president doesn't like reading things in briefing books this is how president trump likes to get informatio

north korea. in seoul rob thank you. so if you're just tuning in u.s. president donald trump has confirmed he will meet the north korean leader kim jong un briefly at the demilitarized zone shortly trump says he's looking forward to it north korea has not yet commented. we're going to the d.m.z. water and i'll be meeting with chairman kim i look forward to it very much a look forward to seeing him develop a very good relationship and we understand each other i do believe he understands me and i think and maybe understand him and sometimes that could lead to very good things. gave a little detail on how plans for the meeting with kim jong un came about yesterday i was just thinking hey i'm here let's see whether or not we can say hello to kim john. and. i put out the word and he got back and he wanted to do it from the beginning and so did i. south korea's moon jane who accompanied the u.s. president to the border has backed the historic meeting source and churchill. for the 1st time in history north korea usas leader will be able to meet at the d.m.z. an

north korea. but you are suggesting north korea does not have the u.s. at heart when it comes to north korea. you have to wonder how vigorous those efforts on the part of president xi have been. >> i think it's a balancing game for everyone. i think china is nervous if tensions rise between the united states and north korea, that would be the impetus for the united states to be more involved in the korean peninsula. that would be the impetus for to us up our military deployment in the region and become more aggressive and china doesn't want that. i think china's ultimate goal is to prey on north korea. they are unable to do that as much as they might like because of these sanctions. china and russia are positions themselves in the dee event a deal gets -- in the event a deal gets done. jon: dan hoffman. thank you. seoul, south korea is not have far from the dmz. that's one of the dangers. there are artilleries that could rain down on seoul and that's what the leaders are worried about. marine one should be on the ground in 8 minutes near the dmz, then it'

u.s. north korea dialogue on denuclearization from a chinese perspective is that it also leaves open the possibility that u.s. influence on the peninsula would expand as the us north korea relationship improves but if china puts itself in the middle and becomes a part of the denuclearization and peace process in a significant way then china can also ensure that its that the situation develops according to its own strategic interests and that will also put pressure on the us military presence in south korea scott shy to preach about thanks very much. thank you. now the u.n. secretary general doesn't believe he has the power to set up a criminal investigation into the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi a report from a special report to agnes kalama found the state of saudi arabia responsible for his death and says there are legal grounds for there all the grounds for internal terrorist to launch an international inquiry which imo is so g.'s fiance had to use changes has spoken to rogers there and she says the world has been left in the dog about saudi arabia's investigation. when it comes to t

north korea. but as for the inter-korean dialogue this will happen at a later time. as for the question regarding the third u.snorth korea summit i believe that how the reunion and the dialogue and the meeting turns out this afternoon will have a great say on when and whether the u.s./north korea summit will happen for the third time. so i do expect some progress there. as for the last question what i had explained was that if north korea goes through the dismantlement in a genuine way, dismantlement of the nuclear complex, then this will mean that we will be entering -- we will be arriving at the entrance of an irreversible substantive denuclearization. if this indeed is implemented then the international community will be able to discuss partial sanctions relief. my words were in this context. >> now we'll take a question for president trump. ms. stephanie gresh am, the white house press secretary will choose who will ask the question. >> i'm going to let our president choose. go ahead, mr. president. >> thank you. she's learned very well. thank you very much, stephanie, i appreciate it. just to add one thin

u.s. special envoy to north korea. this is a man who has been in the region trying to talk to the north koreans. do they respect him? >> steve is sharp. we've seen so far, that north korea wants to always bypass him and go straight to president trump. it's a good sign that president trump named him publicly just now. i hope his name will empower him to a certain extent. that's crucial for any negotiator walking in. he pompeo. >> that remains to be seen. i would suggest that the two sides try to come to the end state. in the meantime, it's important that they try to strike small deals, many deals, to get the process going. >> tell us where they need to get going? >> the north is not willing to accept anything but the complete lifting of key u.n. sanctions. this is where the north, in america's point of view, will have to be flexible, accepting something less. or lifting sanctions are hard if not difficult to get back. >> we should notice that the truck that just passed, it's a nationalistic anthem. this is something tha

airport this is the 1st visit by a chinese president to north korea in 14 years and it comes at a very important time north korea's negotiations with the u.s. over denuclearization have stalled and president xi will meet with leaders of the other g. 20 nations next week a lot to talk about and pyongyang let's take a look at where things stand between the 2 allies. it's been less than 6 months since this handshake kim jong un has visited china north korea's closest foreign ally many times over the years. she jinping on the other hand is the 1st chinese leader to travel to pyongyang and well over a decade. we are ready to work with the d.p. r. k. to continue to carry forward the fine tradition of china d p r k friendship and promote the continuous development of exchanges and cooperation between the 2 countries in various fields. relations between the 2 authoritarian countries have been strained since north korea began amping up its nuclear weapons test. beijing supports denuclearization of the korean peninsula and recently backed the raft of international sanctions against. these talks aimed to relieve tensions. the u.s. will be watching cl

u.s. and north korea for that third summit. he also said he believed that there was mutual understanding of each other's position following the summit. so really trying to put a positive spin on the fact that that ended without agreement. he also went on to say he believed if north korea offered to give up the whole nuclear facility, potentially there could be sanctioned relief. but that is what north korea did offer back in the summit. and trump said it wasn't enough. he wanted more of the undies closed facilities to be put on the table as well. it comes at an interesting time. we're days away from president trump being here in the region for the g-20 in japan. he's considering going up to the dmz as well. we heard from the state-run media an article from the foreign ministry slamming trump's advisers and reports suggesting they are still one of the worst human rights violenters in the world filling them with hostility and vicious slander. >> we're nearing a third summit without a full accounting of what nuclear weapons facili

north korea. while we wait, we have joseph yun, who served as u.s. special representative in north korea, involved in his share of negotiations. that, there, a picture of the president's chief of staff. joseph yun, you've been inside bilateral discussions like this before. can you describe how the talks underway right now might be going between the u.s. president and the north korean leader? >> yes, i mean, now we've had two of them together for 30 minutes. this is way more than a handshake. so i'm sure there are substantive discussions going on. and this is a really an opportunity, more than anyone for kim jong un, to say why he was unhappy with, with hanoi outcome. because he fully expected a deal. so he is going to be to donald trump, that he needs sanctions released. i mean, remember, this is something he had promised to his own people. so i think the burden is really on kim jong un to make the case why his offer, kim jong un's offer merits, merits sanctions relief. and i would imagine, you know, he has been unsuccessful so far. so this is the bes

u.s. and north korea trying to set is up a third summit. he also said that they are doing this off the backdrop of a mutual understanding following the second summit. so really trying to put a positive spin on that buzz that's a summit that ended without agreement. he also pointed out he believes the nuclear facility could be shut down by north korea and a that potentially could lead to sanctions being lifted. that's effectively what north korea offered and trump wanted more than that. they wanted some of the undies closed sites to be i included as well. this comes at an interesting time. we are days away from the region. we're hearing pretty fiery language from north korea through the state-run media. we're hearing a reading today from the foreign ministry slamming some of trump's advisers following some of the the reports showing north korea is among one of the the worst human rights violators in the world calling them full of hostility and slander. if there are behind the scene talks as the president says there are, it's interesting to s

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out let's. sell obviously very much interest in this possible missing with can talk us through transcend the rest of the day. that's right he has been talking about this potential meeting but there's also been talking about the trade deals that he has renegotiated with south korea tweeting of the he and moon j.n. of south korea have been toasting this new deal that's been a word of clarification there is not necessarily a new trade deal this is something of a retread it was a trade deal agreed a few years ago between the u.s. and south korea as with many trade deals donald trump didn't like it when it came to office has been renegotiating it and there were some concessions last year but nonetheless he has been talking about trade talking about the success of the g. 20 at a breakfast meeting with himself and his

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera sold. we've got a lot more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including reports in the u.s. that investigations underway as to how some of its weapons got into the high end of the libyan warlord. and the threat of a major earthquake in the philippines we'll look at how the government is responding to that threat. in sport argentina set up a blockbuster semifinal at the copper america in brazil will be here with that story. now according to the new york times the u.s. state department is investigating how america made weapons got into the hands of fighters who are loyal to the libyan war after a number of antitank missiles were found on friday after forces allied to the u.n. backed government in tripoli retook kerri-anne that's a city about 80 kilometers south of the capital now li

u.s. to engage north korea to stop their provocations. but for the trump administrati administration, it was still an option and tension between the u.s. and korea escalates until the games in february the following year while the foundation agreed for the forum to be held in the summit when it would take place it was scheduled and finally revived and was edited accordingly. it varied from person to person but it's hard to deny at least the rest of conflict had been further reduced as a result of this meeting. then came the summit which was tougher than what was expected. he kept it open for an additional round of talks and it's taken to appraise the result of the meeting and to see his next move. in the meantime he and president of trump repeatedly confirmed their intentions of holding another round of meetings. according to the media in beijing, the chairman related during the visit last week that he had made several positive measures to ease the tensions that they didn't seem to have been considered by the relevant country. while it is

. >> i'm jim sciutto at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea where in a short time for the first time the u.s. president donald trump will meet face-to-face at the dmz with the north korean leader, the chairman, kim jong un, that announced just a moment ago by president moon of south korea and president trump of the u.s. he called this a first step but a promising step. have a listen to his words. >> as we're going to the dmz border and i'll be meeting with chairman kim. i look forward to it very much. i forward to seeing him. we have developed a very good relationship, and we understand each other. i do believe he understands me, and i think i maybe understand him, and sometimes that can lead to very good things. >> he went on to say that all of a sudden a number of months ago, their relationship got better. they got along. i'm joined here at the dmz by paula hancock. over the last several months, although this border still remains really the most highly militarized border in the world, there have been steps taken to lower the tensions. tell us about those steps because a short time ago you

u.s. north korea denuclearization talks crumbling into korean relations have also been stagnating some experts argue that south korea's engagement policy towards the north might not be sustainable i mean essentially north korea and using engagement also sort of a tool to make sure that south korea space on their side rather than on the american side. are left as an informant and maybe a creation of us relations i think it may be difficult to see any problem corresponding improvement in relations whether pyongyang will indeed have a breakthrough with washington in denuclearization talks is still in doubt north korea doesn't want to give up their nuclear weapons horsehair overnight obviously because 1st of all the best of our resources and time in building a 2nd is that there's a reason why they developed in the crap you've overlooked in the 1st place they want to have been capability to make sure that they are able to are to a security guarantee for the regime for almost 70 years the demilitarized zone has been separating the 2 koreas with 3 new hiking trails in the d.m. . the south korean gove

north korea will denuclearize, what option do you have? the north korean leader said, he can willing to give up nuclear weapons and let's take it how it is. >> several administrations in the u.s., have had confidence that north korea would, first, not march toward a nuclear weapon. and now, denuclearize. that has not come to fruition. beyond the confidence, what is the evidence? >> we should make evidence. up to now, north korea has been talking commitment. it is time for us to work on those an crete actions. that's why president moon had been saying complete denuclearization of north korea would take a longer time. we should start with some concrete result. and president trump's visit to the dmz has all kinds of possibility. >> did you know that kim jong-un was going to walk back into south korea with president trump? >> i was surprised. i thought president trump would step into north korean territory. but chairman kim jong-un, came to the southern part of cree. and had dialogue with president trump, in the freedom house. that was unusual and surprising on the part of kim jong-un. >> what did that mean to you and to president moon? >> i think the outcome of today, that the d

news live from berlin and unprecedented and unexpected meeting in north korea donald trump becomes the 1st sitting u.s. president to cross the north korean border where he shook hands with the country's leader kim jong il in the just a matter of the what if you were the result of that were you step over that line of there was a stumble over the and i'm sure you might do that i wasn't sure what i was ready to do or i don't want to think it's been great it's a historic photo op for what's being called a handshake turkey. also coming up telling authorities arrest the skipper of a ship carrying migrants rescued in the mediterranean sea captain carbury had to find in order to stay away from italian courts now she could be facing up to 10 years in jail. and heartache for germany as the women's soccer team is knocked out of the world cup quarterfinals the 2 time winners take the lead but their dreams aren't dashed as sweden heads back to prevail 21. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us it's being called a historic event u.s. president donald trump has met with north korean dictator kim jong

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera so now the new york times is reporting that the u.s. state department is investigating how american made weapons got into the hands of fighters loyal to the libyan warlord after antitank missiles were discovered on friday when forces allied to the u.n. backed government in tripoli retook a city south of the capital libyan media media's been showing these images apparently american made weapons branded with the u.a.e. is the recipient if the emirates did export these weapons to libya it would be in contravention of an arms sales agreement with the us. is our correspondent in the libyan capital tripoli. the 80. messages these. messages tank misses were found dozens of them were found by the government forces as the recaptured this strategic town of that again about 880 and kilometers

koreas. trump is the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea and he described it as a great honor for his part came also said it was a great moment and an expression of willingness to work toward a new future shortly afterwards the 2 leaders held an impromptu news conference. trump said today's events were without precedent. for this was a special home this is a very. prisoner once it is a story moment the fact that we're meeting and i want to thank chairman kim for something else when i put out the social media notification if he didn't show up to the press was going to make me look very bad so you need to be sure but we've developed a great relationship and i really think that if you go back 2 and a half years and you won't what's going on prior to my becoming president it was a very very bad situation a very dangerous situation for south korea for both career for the world and i think the relationship that we've developed has that it has been so much to so many people and it's just an honor to be with you what it was a lot of that you

north korea u.s. summit will depend on today's meeting with king john speaking in south korea president trump said even a handshake would mean a lot don't try and offer it to me to came in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea before a trip to seoul he made the suggestion on twitter and then repeated it during his closing remarks at the summit north korea officials have called the u.s. presence invitation and very interesting suggestion but say they have not yet received an official proposal. the 2 leaders have met twice in the past 12 months their 1st summit was held in singapore last year and the 2nd meeting was in hanoi vietnam in february the u.s. wants to denuclearize north korea and reach an agreement on destroying its whole arsenal and end its development program north korea wants the removal of sanctions in return but neither of those meetings could find a compromise the last one ending promptly well we're joined live now by hong kong based political science joseph chan joseph th

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera sold well earlier on the g. 20 summit of the world's biggest economies wrapped up with the u.s. and china agreeing to get trade talks back on track after meeting president trump said he wouldn't impose further tariffs on chinese imports for now signaling a pause in hostilities between the world's 2 largest economies trump said he also raised the murder of jon lester with the saudi crown prince but insisted no one had directly pointed the finger at muhammad bin sound man who is one of a number of authoritarian leaders he courted at the summit climate change was high on the agenda but while the g 20 did agree to tackle plastic waste in the oceans by 2050 only 19 members reaffirm neck and that meant to the 2015 paris agreement with the u.s. refusing to do so can really help it reports

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera so. earlier the g 20 summit the world's biggest economies wrapped up with the u.s. and china agreeing to restart trade talks after meeting president trump said he would not impose further tariffs on chinese imports the now signaling a pause in the trade hostilities between the world's 2 largest economies trump said he raised the murder of jealous with the saudi crown prince but he insisted no one had directly pointed the finger and haven't been summoned it was one of the number of authoritarian leaders present at the summit climate change was high on the agenda but while the g 20 did agree to tackle plastic waste in the oceans by 2020 only 19 members reaffirmed their commitment to the 2015 paris agreement with the u.s. refusing. reports now from a soccer. with fears of further escal

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing in trump thank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert pride al-jazeera so to sudan where the ruling generals have accepted a proposal to work towards a joint civilian transitional government despite that people are maintaining their demands for civilian rule as they gearing up for mass demonstrations on sunday the sudanese professionals association is calling on the military to free 2 members of the protest movement who were arrested earlier on saturday the military junta has warned protest leaders of destruction or damage at the protests. taliban fighters were killed at least $26.00 pro-government forces in northern afghanistan it took place in a village province in the north of the stage people were injured an attack which happened just hours before the scheduled resumption of talks between taliban and u.s. negotiators here in qatar there in doha to f

north korean leader kim jong-un. the first sitting u.s. president to set foot in north korea. wing he's not afraid to have unconventional meeting with leaders like kim jong-un. what does this say to u.s. allies or other world leaders? let's discuss with aaron david miller. welcome back. let's start here with just your reaction to the optics of the president taking those steps into north korea and the sentimental warm relationship that we saw play out this morning in the dmz? >> i think that's the key to this in many respects. president trump made a strategic decision to change the basic conversation. in essence, to stop talking about north korea and start talking to north korea. now, maybe it was done for reasons of domestic politics, of personal vanity, maybe he's determined and i think he is to look at north korea as a signature issue of his presidency. it is his ticket into the history books. it is his ticket to a nobel. it is a way to separate himself in such a fundamental way from all of thinks departures, 30 years, administrations and presidents have tried everything. san

north korean insistence is for sanctions relief. and so the question has to be were the u.s. to offer sanctions, what is it that north korea can offer? so this is what hanoi, what's on the table plus means. plus for the u.s. means some kind of sanctions relief. plus for north korea means something on denuclearization. but a question about, i mean, if you think, you know, interagency fights in washington are bad. it's a lot worse, you know, at least here if you lose, you end up in a nice place like csis. there you're going to end up in a minimal reeducation camp, and that's not very pleasant. i do believe that -- and i agree with victor -- that the whole negotiation team was discredited, this is a uft, united front department team was discredited and now it's moving back with, essentially, you know, foreign handling mfa. i mean, that's bad news and good news. they know the history. they know what uf will and will not do, and so the negotiations, i believe, are going to be more civil but tougher. a lot tougher, because they know exactly how far they can go without really there's a fairly open debate on whether kim jong un or

north korea. at the same time, people keep talking about the dire humanitarian situation in north korea. currently, the u.s. sanctions does not even allow humanitarian logistics access to north korea. what's your thought of the possibility of sanctions ex-exceptions for humanitarian needs in north korea or general thought in the con toeskt this peace movement? context of this peace movement? >> i will let the panel respond. >> doug samuelsson, infologics incorporated in the suburbs. what do you think about the prospect of persuading north korea to announce any a plans to export nuclear technology to other parties. >> export? >> yes. good, and yes, good. i think -- in fact, the u.s. government, we're ready to give some sanctions relief around humanitarian aid. that's something that i think that wasn't even considered for hanoi. that's not a far-fetched scenario. we understand there's a humanitarian need and united nations came out with more origin report. i think there's willingness for that. we need to make progress. what you were saying about one of the greatest concern with north korea is proliferation.

u.s. president has entered north korea without former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton have gone to pyongyang with this with the 1st time a sitting u.s. president in charge of the u.s. forces on the korean peninsula has actually entered the other side so that would be important to the very important 1 photo in terms of the actual process diplomats who i've spoken to including some pretty high level diplomats don't believe there's much of a process going on at this stage since hanoi and that's half the problem you have a relationship with 2 leaders who seem to get on quite well but to make that transfer into some sort of process to lead to some sort of deal you need the detailed work and nothing seems to be going on to a lower level what this perhaps can do is show that both sides are still invested in the process and actually start the detailed work behind the scenes as we now see the south korean president and president trump heading down the stairs of the blue house they're going to give us a few more details i think that yeah james we're still waiting we're still waiting now for

u.s. interest or the korean interest when it comes to north south korea korean peninsula issues so the u.s. shouldn't be counting on china when it comes to north korea and i don't think donald trump really is and that's why we see donald trump meeting directly with kim jong un rather than relying on stage of being to reach a settlement for north south korea issues. how much movement has there be unrealistically on the issue of the process of denuclearization and sanctions relief. well we know that they obviously haven't reached any substantive agreements and continue to talk they have what was initially agreed to in singapore last year and clearly what president trump says that here are the things that north korea has stopped doing when he talks about nuclear tests or long range missile tests this is true and again we have to be fair to president tromp on that aspect and it's also true that we haven't reached the grandson omitted the birth occasion process is that the u.s. wants and that's why they're still talking whether it's the 2 leaders talking or hopefully the chief new good turn of

pictures president trump actually crossing the dividing line and stepping into north korea because he would be the 1st u.s. president sitting president in in history to step into north korea we have seen 2 former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton visit pyongyang but after their time in office was up so that would be a very important moment james as where as we're talking to you.

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera soul. the 2nd debate of u.s. democratic presidential hopefuls has set a record more than 18000000 people tuned in to watch thursday's debate and that's the highest audience ever for the party the debate featured front runners joe biden bernie sanders and camelot harris immigration climate change health care and civil rights the key topics voting for the party's nominee begins early next year and the election the general election that is in the. 5 children are among 8 people killed in yemen in air strikes led by the saudi and coalition warplanes struck a residential area in the hooghly controlled part of thais city fighting in southern yemen also killed 12 yemeni soldiers and 8 the rebels the u.n. representative for children in conflict says yemeni people are being held hostage by th

u.s. north korea summit north korea destroyed their nuclear facilities but the u.s. did nothing and trump sank the hanoi summit more pro and anti trump protests are expected as this weekend unfolds with everyone it seems unsure exactly how this visit will play out robert bright al-jazeera so well earlier the g 20 summit of the world's biggest economies wrapped up with the u.s. and china agreeing to restart crucial trade talks after meeting president trump said he would not impose further tariffs on chinese imports the now signaling a pause in the trade hostilities between the world's 2 largest economies trump said he raised the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi with saudi arabia's crown prince but he insisted no one had directly pointed the finger at man had been sound man it was one of a number of tarrying leaders he courted at the summit climate change was high on the agenda but while the g 20 did agree to tackle plastic waste in the oceans by 2050 only 19 members reaffirmed their commitment to the 2015 paris agreement with the u.s. refusing can really help it r

korea. president trump says negotiators for u.s. and north korea will restart talks which have been stalled since the summit in hanoi. the president also said he extended an invitation to kim jong-un to visit the white house. karen travers, abc news, seoul. >> happening today, more than 100,000 people will fill the streets of san francisco for the annual pride parade. organizers say san francisco pride is one of the oldest and largest parades in the world. go bed and presidential candidate kamala harris will be there. for the first time 49er executives will march from embarcadero to civic center. celebrations have been going on abc news reporter has more. >> reporter: dolores park was more colorful than ever as the san francisco annual dyke march revved up and took off. road captain carrie mcilroy led the way. >> we ride our bike, make a lot of noise, get people excited and have a lot of fun. >> reporter: she would know. she's been in the parade for 23 years. >> we have to be out here and we have to be able to show people we have a voice and

u.s. president donald trump has met with north korean dictator kim jong un in the demilitarized zone between north and south korea where both leaders shared a symbolic handshake trump is the 1st sitting u.s. president to enter north korea he described today's events as without precedent but . this is never happened before. an american president stepping foot in north korea crossing the line that has divided the peninsula nearly 70 years. some said he didn't know until the last moment if the meeting would take place. this handshake is all it was supposed to be when trump made his surprise off on twitter on saturday. i got away but then there was more. kim said he hoped the moment would signal a new beginning after the breakdown of nuclear talks in february. but it didn't go that she wanted or she wanted it i believe that just looking at this auction is an expression of his willingness to eliminate all the unfortunate past and open a new future of it all on the market but. then trump went further saying he would invite came to the united states and the white house. minutes later at a joint news conference he said i

u.s. north korea relations tell us where things are going on a meeting between donald trump and. 1st we're telling you president she has a role in that so that may have come up and be coming up in the ongoing meeting because he was in pyongyang last week we now have this new element of surprise element to all of us when it 1st was announced on twitter by president trump that he has invited kim to meet him at the d.m.z. that we the 3rd meeting between them having said that we've done a bit of digging since and learned that perhaps it wasn't quite so much of a surprise given that president trump mentioned the possibility of meeting him in an interview days ago in fact on monday to the u.s. news organization the hill and they were told not to publish that for security reasons also worth telling us secretary of state missed the official g 20 foreign minister's dinner the state department says he was working on an urgent matter in his hotel suggesting perhaps that this has been put together a little bit further in advance but will they actually meet not at all clear president trump making it cl

north korea remains an extraordinary threat and requires continued vigilance. >> the u.s. partment is investigating reports by a south korean newspaper that north korea executed some top officials after the failed summit between president trump and kim jong-un. our will ripley explains what we know and why it's so hard to find out exactly what's going on there. >> reporter: north korean leader kim jong-un and his delegation smiled politely when president donald trump walked out of february's failed summit in vietnam but south korea's largest newspaper says kim is believed to be carrying out a purge of top officials following the epic failure of negotiations with the trump administration. cho sun ill bo says special envoy to the u.s., kim yong chol was executed in march for betraying the supreme leader. >> we're aware of reports that there has been an execution but since we do not have any way of confirming that i wouldn't have further comment. >> reporter: cnn has checked with numerous sources and is not able to verify the newspaper's reporting. south korean reports said no

u.s. wants north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. north korea wants the u.s. to lift punishing economic sanctions. some say a deal might be reached this time because north korea is running out of options. the president hoping that choke hold will force kim to finally make a deal. >>> a man remains missing. he has not been seen since friday at the grand canyon. he was on a river trip with the national trip. he was reported missing after a day hike to the national canyon. sc schab is a san francisco cars o highway 24 shortly before 2:00 this morning, two cars crashed head-on when one of the drivers was going on the wrong side of the freeway. alcohol and/or drugs are believed to have played a role in the crash. five people in one of the cars suffered major injuries. >>> several new laws take effect tomorrow. the gas tax is going to rise by more than five cents and the step toward gun regulation, one law requires eligibility checks to guy ammunition. they will have to confirm the person buying is not prohibited from doing so. another law says police departments hav

u.s. and north korea. that begets the fire and fury moment. but south korea sent home otto warmbier close to death. but he claims that things changed when he came to office. the two sides are speaking, that has changed. where do the discussions go and the president appearing to say that this outcome of this bilateral with kim jong-un, is at least an agreement to get the working level teams back to talking again. >> a historic moment was made. a unique and historic decision was made by president trump to make this possible today. through today's meeting, the denuclearization, as well as the accomplishment of peace, that process on the korean peninsula. i believe we have just overcome a hill in that process. so, the 80 million people on the korean peninsula have been given hope thanks to today. as was mentioned by president trump right now, there will be a designated team of people, so, in the future we can take a big step forward. >> the initial plan had been for trump and i to co-visit the o.p. thanks to president trump's propoepr propos propo

north korea's nuclear program. he also headed the first senior level u.s. government delegation to north korea and was president clinton's on porch for human rights and democracy in burma. ambassador joins me now on the phone. ambassador, good to have you on the sunday morning and afternoon. let me start here, where these 20 steps in the right direction? >> yes. in my view. these were good steps, that this was mainly a photooptical, but it was also a very dramatic set of steps in the direction of trying to find a path toward solution while our history was on the graham peninsula. i think president trump meeting was a good idea. i think it is good that he stepped into north korea. it is good that they later took nearly an hour speaking on the southern side of the demilitarized zone. it will have been a success if it launches any more serious negotiations between senior officials aimed at getting some real results out of the next meetings between the two leaders. >> and only time will tell. meanwhile, president trump, ambassador, refused to communicate or work

north and south korea. president trump stepping across that line into north korea, the first u.s. president to do that. he shared a warm greeting with kim jong-un. the two men shaking hands, chatting, sharing a laugh. >> stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. a lot of friendships have been made. >> reporter: through a translator, kim said that was president trump's willingness to open a new future between the countries. the two moved inside for a more formal sitdown. it looked a lot like previous meetings with kim but those were highly choreographed. this one came together very quickly. aministration officials scrambling after the president extended an invitation to kim on saturday. >> i didn't really expect it. we were in japan for the g20. we came over, i said, hey, i'm over here. i want to call chairman kim and we got to meet. >> in front of the cameras, little talk of policy or nuclear negotiations. instead president trump emphasized his relationship with the north korean dictator. >> we met and we liked each other from day one, and that was very important. >>