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Been return is a very good thing. is it kind or is it just righting a wrong that she should righted a long time ago? >> we need to clear a couple things up. thats not the extent of the remains in north korea. there is an estimated 7500 remains unaccounted for. 5800 or so above the 38th parallel in north korea and that mission was stopped in 2005 because of the threatening actions of the kim regime so these 55 boxes are a good start. it will take months if not years to determine who these remains...

That said, it takes years to identify what we are getting. they have fooled us before by putting animal bones and cad avers, and it takes years to identify the dna of the service men members for these poor families. >> thats right, andrea. you know very well, you accompanied me for that visit in 2007. you have to have verification of the remains. the north koreans are tricky. theyre slow rolling these remains. theyve said theres going to be 200 that they will give us. theyre giving us 55, which ...

Only about one thing, how am i translating these words are that are spoken. theyre not trained. its not their position, their job to thinking howm i going to read out the national security adviser and the secretary of state over what was discussed. so the concern here is that donald trump and kim jong-un probably not the two most trustworthy people in the world are the only people who are going to know what is discussed in this, besides the interpreters. and that is -- thats a t whole reason why...

The first time. >> you said you dont think it will happen. would you, if you were negotiating for us in this situation down the road, would you give up our troops on the border, our 30 some thousand at the 38th parallel, would you give a nuclear umbrella over south korea and japanfhey agreed to get rid of their nuclear weapons leaving them with this tremendous fire power at the border, would you do that as a deal? >> as a negotiator, no. >> nuclear for nuclear. >> no, you mentioned the conventio...

Possibility approximatet space for president trump to negotiate with kim jong-un potentially meaning that you could have a withdrawal of u.s. troops creeping into the negotiations. that seems what mattis was hinting at. he didnt say it entirely affirmatively saying it will absolutely be on the agenda but he left open the possibility, ali, and that is significant. >> that is, yeah. >> one other quick note. we asked if we would see any change in military posture among the north koreans. he gave an...

Three, for 3/4 of a century, the world has avoided the use of nuclear weapons. the success of this summit depends entirely, i think, on whether we can prolong that avoidance and make the world safer. four, kim jong-un knows that the only reason trump is talking to you or him that he has nuclear weapons. he saw what happened in iraq and libya when they gave their nuclear weapons. one leader was hanged and the other leader was beaten to death. kim has a clear focus. keep our weapons. he is like th...

>> donald trumps view of the world as one unending deal means that he is always ready to walk away from the table, walk back to the table, call off a negotiation, put it back on again. >> is a deal even possible if north korea wont give up its nuclear program? >> kim jong-un made a decision to prioritize the nations resources explicitly towards the rapid development of nuclear weapons. >> having a missile program and having nuclear weapons is his way of ensuring that he and his regime survive. n...

>> fascinating that he doesnt seem to prepare. he seems confident going into this. hes gone from nuclear buttons to praising kim jong-un and getting a sit down, granting a sit down that no other president has been willing to grant. >> i always compare him -- its like hes playing a game of hearts. he always shoots the moon. he always does the opposite of what the game is about. this meeting in itself is a big gamble. yet, i think hes winning so far. i think the fact its better to jaw jaw than war...

Parallel for two years. so his idea of a lickety-split, you know, apprentice-type reality hour, it doesnt squ with the time thinking they have over the time reference they make over in north korea. they could be tricking him into that chair and letting him sit there for months and years even. so thats what im afraid of, that we will be humiliated as a country and nothing will get done. >> because you mentioned "the apprentice," im duty-bound to next ask you about pardons. how the notion of pardo...

On a week with so much news, we are thrilled to welcome our friend and colleague chris matthews to the broadcast. he is of course the host of "hardball," and he is more importantly the author of "bobby kennedy, a raging spirit." germane to tonights conversation because chris is also hosting an msnbc headliners documentary special this sunday night on bobby kennedy airing at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. chris, thank you for joining us tonight. and before we get to that, id like to start off on current...