remove all barriers to trade within five years in twenty seventeen trade in goods alone between the un singapore amounted to more than fifty three billion euros it's hoped the agreement will result in a rise of up to ten percent in troll trade the u.s. already singapore's more important export destination for services and singapore is one of the hughes largest trading partners.

urgently all barriers to trade within five years in twenty seventeen trade in goods alone between the un singapore amounted to more than fifty three billion euros it's hoped the agreement will result in a rise of up to ten percent in bilateral trade the u.s. already singapore is more important export destination for services and singapore is one of the use largest trading partners in the region. but the new trade agreement with singapore is not without its critics spend long a german social democrat and chairman of the e.u. parliament parliaments trade committee says a syrup or still lacks its commitment to workers' rights my colleague max hoffman spoke to him earlier today in brussels. mr long your party the german s.p.d. rejects the free trade agreement with singapore why the. two sides of the coin it's a quite good agreement but indeed movement is all too clear that we quest for the simple insight to what you find the sweet old saying oh level convention and this is the other side of the coin the senior police are not really committed to do so and it's about workers' rights workers rights the c

and he was asked about that when he met with kim jong-un in singapore. jong-un had heard, and he said, listen, i know it only takes you a minute to decide how you feel about someone. what's your assessment of me? trump said back that actually it only takes him a few seconds, and he added that he thinks kim jong-un is a little bit sneaky but not too sneaky. kim jong-un then followed up with the key question, which is, do you trust me? that's the key question here, because as you know, brianna, the u.s. has been in negotiations with north korea in the past, but there has been no formal final agreement on denuclearization because north korea hasn't lifved up to commitments. but kim jong-un said, yes, he does trust him. despite some quick wit, kim jong-un turned to national security adviser john bolton who is known for not being fully in support of this diplomatic approach to denuclearization of north korea. he asked him the same question, saying, do you trust me? john bolton told the north korean later, if trump trusts you, then i do as well. we're also hear

un. he met the north korean leader in singapore. do you remember what the big surprise was from the summit trump had with kim jong-un? remember the one thing that happened? people were like wait, was that supposed to happen? where surprise, president trump announced that the u.s. would pull out of joint military exercises with the south korean armed forces. that the something the u.s. military and south korean military had been doing for decades but in singapore, president trump announced that the u.s. would stop doing those exercises. and that announcement in singapore was a surprise at the time. it also just appeared to be sort of a gift, a unilateral concession for exchange which the president got nothing from them. you might have seen headlines in recent days as he heads off to the next summit that national security officials, trump white house officials are worried at this next meeting with kim jong-un trump might again blurt out a spontaneous one-sided concession. he might sort of give away the store again in exchange for nothi

when our current president came back from meeting kim jong-un in singapore last summer, he told fox news upon his return about kim jong-un, quote, he is the head of a country and i mean he's the strong head. do not let anyone think anything different. he speaks and his people sit up at attention. i want my people to do the same. i think it is fair to say it is not an accident that while president trump is meeting with an doubtly effusively praising and offering free stuff to kim jong-un tomorrow, house democrats will be convening a hearing on authoritarian government and its dangers. tomorrow will also feature that vote in the house of representatives that is expected to rebuke and potentially block the president from using a declaration of a national emergency in order to get something he wants as a policy that congress will not agree to. more on that with john brennan in just a moment. the most interesting thing in that vote tomorrow and the following vote that will happen in the senate is those are likely to be bipartisan votes. in addition to those 50 plus former senior national secu

un. nah liang tuang is a research fellow at singapore's nanyang technological university. ce of the north korean leader kim jong—un taking the train to the summit with president trump. well, i think there are two reasons for this, the first is to do with security, whereby a plane trip or a plane journey represents more of a security risk. that anything happening to the plane would, thereby, in extreme threat to him. the last trip to singapore was in a plane provided by the chinese, which mitigated this particular threat. quite significant, of course, his father and grandfather also loved to ta ke father and grandfather also loved to take the train for security purposes. yes. the other thing is to display trust in the chinese. in that his trip is travelling through the prc. and, of course, key here is why vietnam was picked as the venue for the summit. is it because of the us and vietnamese owned past history? not that particular reason. in choosing vietnam, to be honest, i was pretty surprised. in the past, in 2017, his half brother was assassinated, and one of the alleged

when president trump a north korean leader kim jong un met in singapore last year very good very good there was there was a circumstance but not much stuff. from accepted if they can remember getting nothing in return through. the cia's former deputy division chief for korea considers to meetings and failure to do nothing. since singapore we've had no progress whatsoever on denuclearization in fact north korea continues to nuclear as they continue production of fissile material as well as for heads and mobile missile launchers and missiles and indeed they've even expanded and refined the production facilities for all of those components. trump august his strategy is working because north korea has stopped its nuclear and missile tests and allowed the repatriation of the remains of americans killed during the korean war in return the u.s. president come so military drills with south korea i decision met with a lot of criticism on capitol hill lawmakers there remain skeptical. talks are always better than insults and fighting but. i'd like to see a real agenda for this summit rather tha

to be here, ed. >> how does the president get kim jong un, this whiley dictator, to follow-up on what they both seeds their names to in singapore. >> two things, i am at know sure how whiley kim jong un is, he is a 30-something who has been abroad to the west only once in high school, and then south korea and singapore. the trick to understanding this is the constraints on kim jong un's behavior by internal north korea. their economy is exclusively military for three generations. there is in sayssant propaganda to the idea that the west is their arch enemy to the exclusion of all else. for him all of a sudden to say oh, we're denuclearizing in the state media, because it would get in and all the sudden the west is our friend and we will trust them instantly work almost mean his overthrow and defector testimony tells us. that is beared out by the fact that north korean dictators never leave the country. they're so dismeated by this, they can't even produce an airplane for him to fly in asia yam we have to relay on with a kim jong un can deliver safe re. >> go a little deeper on that. as i understand it, kim jong un has a jet tha

kim jong un and one side benefit of all of this discussion between the president and kim jong un in singapore and here is that we really can object to kim jong un on and his advisors. at the forefront of kim jong un's mind are the lessons learned from other dictators like muammar qaddafi, who gave up his nuclear weapons capability and was overthrown. and i think you get back to something your previous guests said, and enter the war would give kim jong un some level of confidence that we recognize his regime, that might be something that we tell mike might him to pursue at least some initial steps towards denuclearization. >> shannon: down half their life on the ground in vietnam, thank you very much for your insight, it's always great to have you. >> thanks. >> shannon: what can president trump actually get accomplished this week? is there anything he can do that his critics will actually give him any credit for? who will bring back our power panel who will tell us what they hope is accomplished, some goals they think the president should shoot for. they join us again, next. ♪ chicken?! chick

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un kim last met in singapore in june by the north korean need a pledge to work towards denuclearization. but he said in france believe a fire that killed eight people in the capsule was set deliberately the blaze broke out in an eight story residential building in an upscale part of paris one woman is in custody nearly thirty people injured. and as training people have died in the flood stricken northeastern city of townsville prime minister scott morrison has visits the city where thousands of homes have been inundated in what's being described as a once in the century rain event more rain is hampering recovery efforts and residents are being warned to stay out of the water after sightings of crocodiles and snakes but especially from ports. opening the floodgates of the ross river dam in queensland created what australia's weather bureau called dangerous and high velocity flows with the damage three hundred percent capacity engineers said they had no option downstream homes in the coastal city of townsville a flooded more than a thousand people have been moved to safety we've never see

not met with the north korean leader for the entire time that kim jong-un had become the leader there. some seven years. once singapore was announced, the chinese and kim jong-un had met. ur summitare up to fo meetings. the main result of singapore and hanoi is that it has brought china and north korea together. own view is that the six party process, i don't care what you want to call it, it was the notion that various countries in the region needed to take some responsibility because they had some skin in the game. the chinese took the lead. they had the talks based in beijing. we were able to work with the chinese on a daily basis with the north koreans. president trump would be one to argue that we didn't get anywhere. we did get them to shut down the reactor. we got them to blow up the cooling tower. but it's quite clear we didn't finish the job. he's clearly trying a different approach. basically, giving china after action reports. the same with japan. ofre's a whole body diplomatic architecture that is just gone. what we have now is a one-on-one talk. it's very much in president trump slap. i think he's going t

with kimmeeting he did jong-un in singapore was quite a production. i think he is looking forward to re-creating some of that with this meeting this week. host: let's hear from our colors. darlene superville and mike debonis. tricia and minneapolis on our republican line, good morning. go ahead. caller: good morning. first of all -- will hear from wayne in alabama on the republican line, go ahead. go ahead, wayne. patricia, goost: ahead. are you hearing the call? sorry about that. we have lost both the colors there. -- callers there. lopez in maryland, independent line. a question for darlene. i am a federal employee and our understanding is that with the funding bill we have the 1.9% increase but we still need an executive order to do everything. and wondering, is that true if so have you heard anything of when this might come out? overthis week, it has been a week since the actual funding bill has been put in place. >> thank you for the question. not 100% say i am certain of that and i would have ando back and look into it figure out what that execu

. >> that time he met kim jong-un in singapore, he was pleased with the coverage. for days it blocked out everything else. certainly the second time is not the same as the first, but if this breaks through when he's trying to conduct high stakes -- >> a reminder, february 2019, this is a cloud to remind the president it's getting closer to 2020 as well. >>> from an attorney general near you, the long awaited special counsel report. why you may never read a word of it. where every purchase enters you for a chance to win a nitro z21 elite boat at the classic you can earn up to $100 in club points when you pay using your club master card. and save big on select minn kota bow mount trolling motors, now under $500. bass pro shops and cabelas. your adventure starts here. ♪ they're all going in the same direction but in very different ways and pampers gives all of them our driest best fitting diaper. pampers cruisers with three-way fit. they adapt at the waist, legs and bottom with up to twelve hours of protection for all the freedom to move their way. in pampers cruisers

. >> president trump made it official last night, eight months after he left kim jong un in singaporehey the meet again. the summit will be held february 27th and 28th. the site of the apex summit or the capital hanoi. allies are hoping this meeting will come up with tangible results. >> we hope that the two leaders take more specific and practical actions in vietnam. >> despite all the fanfare of singapore done little to deliver on promise of denuclearization. just out a u.n. report found that pyongyang nukes and missiles and doning sanctions. u.s. special envoy to north korea and pyongyang meeting officials today recently hinted as a softening of u.s. positions. for example a possible easing of demands for north korea to deliver upfront its list of weapons assets. >> we are really going into this summit with as much uncertainty as we did going into the singapore summit. >> there are indications the u.s. could be willing to agree to an official end to the korean war with north korea weapon development sites. that would be a long way from complete denuclearization, but others argue it

the last meeting he did with kim jong-un in singapore was quite a production, and i think he's looking forward to re-creating some of that with this meeting later this week. >> let's hear from our callers. patricia in minneapolis on our republican line. good morning. >> caller: yeah, good morning. first of all, "the washington post" -- >> okay, we'll hear from wayne then in alabama. wayne on our republican line, go ahead. go ahead, wayne. you're on the air. >> caller: hello? >> patricia in minneapolis, go ahead. you're on the air. are you guyins hearing the call? >> briefly. but nothing now. >> sorry about that. we've lost both our callers. let's see if we can do this one. lopez in columbia, maryland, independent line. sorry we dropped the other calls. lopez in columbia, maryland. you're on the air. >> caller: hi, i have a very direct question for darlene. i'm a federal employee, and our understanding is that with the funding bill, we got the 1.9% increase but that we still need an executive order for opm to do everything. i'm just wondering, a, if that's true, and if so, have we heard

the hanoi meeting was the second he's had with kim jong un after a summit in singapore last year critics called that won big on style and low on substance so this time donald trump was under pressure to deliver results a clear timetable from pyongyang for dismantling its nuclear program for example from the outset he made it clear that he wasn't going to be rushed. very very much to getting there we need is not that important to be. found in perhaps the most public commitment to international demands yet a comment from north korea's kim jong un when asked whether he was ready to did new clear ice in the world if your jealousy is i'm not really there that i won't be here right. it will be the best answer you've ever but with p.r. nyang pressing its own demands president trump was left to explain why the talks fell apart so. basically they wanted these sanctions we have to. in their entirety and we couldn't do that. they were willing to do new go lord's portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that so we continue to work and we'll see but we had

excitement and the anticipation that surrounded president trump's first summit with chairman kim jong-un in singapore last year despite the fact that in the times since north korea has retained its nuclear arsenal. now, officials say the main goal of the second summit is to gauge north korea's willingness to denuclearize. as we just heard secretary of state mike pompeo say, the administration hopes to see a clear, verifiable step toward that goal emerge from these meetings. trump leaves washington, heads to vietnam tomorrow. on wednesday, the 27th, he'll kick off talks by having a face-to-face meeting with chairman kim followed by expanded bilalt rteral members. on thursday the 28th, officials will wrap up those talks, and president trump will head back to the u.s. the white house is hoping to use the backdrop of vietnam, which was once hostile toward the u.s., as an example of the kind of economic revival, the relative prosperity that could be possible for the north koreans if they were to soften their stance toward the u.s. trump acknowledged that in a tweet, where he claimed that north korea could

. >> it was smart, to bring kim jong un to singapore and to vietnam. to expose the north korean delegation to the kind of economic prosperity that could be possible if he were to choose a new path. high level diplomacy can high level risk, but the president should be committed to walking away when it became clear in sufficient progress has been made on denuclearization. >> melissa: and many democratic lawmakers are also crediting the president for not taking a bad deal. chief political anchor bret baier, host of special report, joins us live from hanoi vietnam. thank you so much for joining us and sticking around. let me ask you. in business, this is the walk away. the point that you reset the negotiation, when you stand up from the table and you walk away. is that what it felt like a bear? that's what it looks like from here. >> i think you're hearing it administration officials behind the scenes saying that they feel good about this decision. that this was the right move. because kim didn't deliver. they look at singapore as establishing a relationsh

un. since last june in singapore, they are talking about such issues as finally ending the korean war. never a formal end. that is something kim jong un might like to have happen to show they are turning the page, donald trump wanting to have denuclearization of the korean peninsula and kim jong un wants relief from us sanctions the crippled this economy. you mentioned vietnam and the example set on the ground where i am. it is important, donald trump got some big business done a short time ago, he met with officials to make trade agreements. it could serve as a model to north korea. you have a communist nation in vietnam like north korea, wracked by war but turned the corner in large part because it is multiple. >> as soon as we see the motorcade take off we will take off. 25 minutes before the top of the hour. at 10:00 am, longtime attorney for the president of the united states who thought he would get a prominent position in the white house, that did not pan out. he got millions of dollars, prepared remarks will take big-time shots at the president personally and professionally. je

alexandra: when president trump and kim jong-un first met in singapore last year, there was pop, circumstancet not much substance. trump accepted a vague agreement, getting nothing in return. the cia former deputy division chief for korea considered the meeting a failure. >> since singapore we had had no progress whatsoever on denuclearization. north korea continues to nuclear eyes. they continue production of warheads and missiles. they have even expanded and refined production facilities for all those components. alexandra: trump argues his strategy is working because north korea has stopped its nuclear missile tests and allow the repatriation of the remains of americans killed duduring the korean war. in return, the u.s. president canceled military drills with south korea, to decision met with a lot of criticism on capitol hill. lawmakers remain skeptical. >> talks are always better than insults and fighting, but i would like to see a real agenda for the summit rather than just complacency. there is danger in complacency. alexandra: what do you expect? >> more talk and hopefully more measu

un for a second time. the two had their first summit in singapore. before leaving, mr. said north korea's economy could boom if they agree to give up nuclear weapons. pres. trum we are speaking, and i think we could have a very good summit. i think we will have tremendous summit. we want denuclearization, and i think he will have a country that will set a lot of records for speed in terms of the economy.ru laura: mr. claimed victory after his last summit with kim jong-un, tweeting there was nolo er a nuclear threat from north korea. yet his own intelligence agencies disagree. for more on what we could expect here is north american editor jon sopel. jon: improbable coming together? it was behold, the u.s. president with the dictator of a reviled outcast nuclear power. it was an extraordinary gamble by donald trump, because this summit in singapore last summer gave kim jong-un a platform on the world stage. but donald trump thought it brought peace nearer. pres. trump: fred a fantastic meeting, a lot of progress. at other than anybody could have expected. jon: it is certa

un. >> we are stalemated since the last singapore summit. progress, trish, has been made in personal diplomacy. their relationship has considerably improved. i talked with someone who has read several of the letters written to the president. everyone around the president is surprised by the warmth in the letters some describe like a father-son relationship. there are critics dismissive of this personal diplomacy. when reagan and gorbachev began they had personal diplomacy in the sense they liked each other and they were dealing with the biggest issue on the planet. who would have thought when they sat down and talked that they would conduct the largest reduction of nuclear weapons in the history of man and the see yet union would be transformed. that all began when reagan and gorbachev began to talk. is that going to happen here? we don't know. in thation culture, trust is paramount. that's why the president has paramount. they haven't changed the objective. they changed the plan because they realize foa kim jong-un to -- for kim jong-un to

it was an extraordinary gamble by donald trump, because this summit in singapore last summer gave kim jong—unht it had brought peace nearer. we had a really fantastic meeting. a lot of progress. really very positive. i think better than anybody could have expected. it's certainly true that have been no nuclear tests, no ballistic missile launchers, the temperature's been reduced, but the assessment of us intelligence chiefs is that for all the optics, not much has changed. the regime is committed to developing a long—range nuclear armed missile that would pose a direct threat to the united states. that's not how donald trump wants it framed. he says a lot of has changed from when president obama was in the white house. where are we now? no missiles, no rockets, no nuclear testing. we've learned a lot. but much more importantly than all of it, is we have a great relationship. i have a very good relationship with kim jong—un. the last serious talks with the koreans took place over a decade ago. they were led by ambassador christopher hill. he says this next meeting needs to be better thought th

un. this is after the singapore summit was supposed to lead to denuclearization efforts but did not. president was talking at the governor's ball, that he expects denuclearization to beginr progress. intelligence officials say they do not kxpect northea to denuclearize at all. they count onal the ars for the survival of the regime. this trip is one d before michael cohen, president's former attorney, is set to test,y on capitol hi before three different committees this week. tuesday through thursday. wednesday's testimony will be made public. we'll be listeng to that. wmakers have questions for cohen, including why he submitted false testimony before the intelligce committee. all-eyes on the mueller report. two years in the making.e expected toreleased in the coming days. democrats are pushing for that to be made public. finally, the house votes on resolution that would block president trums emergency declaration to build that wall at the southern borderot they are expected to be successful in that effort. >> susancginnis this morning. >>> crews are searching for two more crew member

singapore. the headlines: kimjong—un is on his way to hanoi to meet donald trump for their second summit.isarion of north korea? victims of clerical sexual abuse have said pope francis's promise to protect children from paedophile priests is a stunning let—down. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: colombia says more than a hundred venezuelan soldiers have deserted — as political pressure builds on president maduro. and — lights — cameras — awards. it's hollywood's big night, but who will be celebrating at the oscars? live from our studios in singapore and london,

un kim last met in singapore in june where the north korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearizing. and greece in paris of arrests of the woman suspected of starting a fire which killed eight people president's plan but safety from the eight story apartment building the french interior minister says the women under arrest has mental health problems. kashmir day is being observed in pakistan is meant to show support for the people in india the minutes of kashmir the region has been a flashpoints between the two south asian nations since one nine hundred forty seven while hyder joins us live now from islamabad tell us about events that day how is this day being recognized. it is a public holiday. just on. by ordinary citizens by. against the brutality meted out against innocent civilians. in india and administered kashmir gets on the president has been talking to the. legislative assembly in which he. was pushing it's not a day that it was killing. me although they were killing innocent civilians they did that strong words here in pakistan and. across party lines when it comes to thi

and live up to the promise that kim jong un made at singapore parade which is complete, verifiable, enforceable denuclearization. >> dana: tweeting out and otto warmbier question, americans note the cruelty placed on otto warmbier, and our thoughts are with the warmbier family, we will never forget him. and that is certainly true pit when you hear that the president says that kim jong un did not know and that he will take him at his word, do you take kim jong un at his word? >> i have talked to fred and cindy warmbier, and the tragedy that they went through, otto warmbier, they made a spectacle out of him to the world. accusing him of being a traitor, a spy. and they executed him. the blood of otto warmbier is on the hands of kim jong un. there is no doubt in my mind that he knew about it and allowed it to happen in the responsibility lies directly with kim jong un. >> dana: let me ask you a story closer to home and i am from colorado, that is where you are from. the state legislator just passed a law that says that they want to tie colorado's electoral college votes to whatever whate national

counterpart at the location of that talks wasn't confirmed until now donald trump and kim jong un last met in singapore in june when the north korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearization but a new report by u.n. sanctions promises accuses pyongyang of doing the opposite the three hundred page confidential documents seen by the reuters news agency alleges that pyongyang is taking steps to protect its nuclear and ballistic missiles from military strikes they do so by storing weapons in civilian facilities such as airports and the government is using separate sites to assemble and test missiles harder to trace the report goes on to say the korea also violated sanctions by trading coal and petroleum circumventing efforts to block funding for its nuclear program. the armed group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility of the two separate attacks in somalia in the capital mogadishu a car bomb killed at least twelve people and injured dozens on side a shopping mall victoria gate in the reports. rescue workers pull a body out of the rubble after a car bomb attack in the somali capital mogadishu the ex

i think we have to remind people, kim jong-un announced the end of testing before the singapore summit. so that is not something that president trump has gotten as a concession in these summits. something kim jong-un announced in his new year's address. he said, we don't have to do it anymore because we have completed our nuclear force. whether you believe that to be true, that's his position. >> we heard the president announce the suspension of military activities in the last press conference following singapore, which as you know was a huge surprise to everyone, including the president's own people. >> yes. >> did we hear any of those surprises? >> he didn't answer the question ze idexerciseon hold?tinu thi fe he didn't directly answer the question. so it is possible he has agreed to that. it is possible he may decide to turn those back on. the idea is we want to be able to fight tonight, that's why they like that readiness capability. but the president went on, as he so often does, to talk about his annoyance at the large cost associated with the alliance that we have. this is somet

counterpart but the location of the talks wasn't confirmed until now donald trump and kim jong un last met in singapore in june when the north korean leader pledged to work towards denuclearization but a new report by u.n. sanctions monitors accuses pyongyang of doing the opposite the three hundred page confidential document seen by the reuters news agency alleges that pyongyang is taking steps to protect its nuclear ballistic missiles from military strikes they do so by storing weapons in civilian facilities such as airports and the government is using separate sites to assemble and test the missiles so they're harder to trace the report goes on to say that the north korea also violated sanctions by trading in coal and petroleum products circumventing efforts to block funding for its nuclear program gordon chang is an asia analyst and says that president trump should focus on sanctions against north korea instead of another summit with kim jong il. there is an escalation and the real story here is not that the north koreans are violating u.n. sanctions or they are continuing their arsenal building up

un. the two will meet in hanoi to build on their talks in singapore.uclearization. he'll depart later this morning. >>> former trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen will testify before three congressional committees including a public hearing scheduled for wednesday. >>> tomorrow chicago voters head to the polls to vote for a new mayor. raul' moon will is not seeking re-election and with 14 candidates on the race could end in aun would be held in april. >>> hope your monday and your week is off to a great start. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm marlie hall. thanks for watching "early today." follow us on facebook, twitter, and instagram.february 25th. ad lib live picture of radar. >>> her we go, monday morning, february 25th, and guess what's coming back this week? that's right, the rain, taking a look at our storm ranger, microclimate weather alert radar this morning. you see what is coming our way. another super soaker. drive for the moment, though, at least. good monday morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm snkris sanch

mike, kim jong un, whose historic singapore gathering with the president last year produced a joint statement. the sides agreed to peaceful relations, the recovery of u.s. troops remained, follow-up talks, , and the denuclearizatin of the korean peninsula. while the latter remains an elusive but ultimate goal, the president has hailed progress, including the sensation of muscle testing by pyongyang. but the news has not been all positive. the recently released worldwide threat assessment declare that north korea is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities. >> its leaders ultimately view nuclear weapons is critical to regime survival. >> codes is not alone in his skepticism of the north. cia director gina gina haspel d that they could pose a direct threat to united states. the stark language from the presidency senior intelligence cadre brings into sharp focus the state of the upcoming assignment, particular for the partners in the region like japan and south korea. >> we now have a situation where their relationships are good, where there is no nuclear te

the hanoi meeting was the second he's had with kim jong un after a summit in singapore last year critics called that one big on style and low on substance so this time donald trump was under pressure to deliver results a clear timetable from pyongyang for dismantling its nuclear program for example from the outset he made it clear that he wasn't going to be rushed. very very much for giving there we need is not that important to be. found in perhaps the most public commitment to international demands yet a comment from north korea's kim jong un when asked whether he was ready to did new clear ice in your building your generosity and if i'm not really there that i won't be here right. it will be the best answer you've ever but with p.r. nyang pressing its own demands president trump was left to explain why the talks fell apart so basically they wanted these sanctions were. in their authority and we couldn't do that. they were willing to do new goal or portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn't give up all of the sanctions for that so we continue to work and we'll see but we had t

un, to get here to vietnam. what about the president, though? went back to his news conference after singaporeand he talked about how he believes within five seconds of entering a room, president trump thinks he can figure out where the negotiating partner is. what is their approach, he can get a feel for someone. talk about that, you can give someone a briefing book, you can give them the intel report from the cia, but there is a feel that someone has in a negotiation as well that is important. >> the president has negotiated a lot in his life, and i think that he considers that an area of his own strength. i'm sure he's right a lot and heard a lot from his closest advisors about kim jong un, but when the president goes to meet kim jong un, he will be probing kim jong un, asking key questions and ascertaining whether he is serious about denuclearization. >> ed: we play the sound with kristin, the president seeming to be cautiously optimistic about a deal. we are to be clear that the north koreans have made promises before, even before kim jong un, have lied to come have, haven't followed thro