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Against advancing u.s. interests especially when they consider how south korea is and to have that on their border the way they view it, guys, they are not so crazy about it we will talk more about that in our next hour and of course also let you know about that proposed meeting with vladimir putin to come in vietnam as we look forward to apec. back to you. brian: one big meeting. kevin great job where day is night and night is day. thats the living on a planet. steve: they are on the other side...

Reports as hes getting. hes also speaking to china which is the next stop on this trip and a fulcrum to this trip to say to the chinese, im going to be open to dialogue but i really want you to tighten the screws on north korea. i want to you join prime minister abe of japan and me, and now the president of south korea who actually campaigned on dialogue, not tough talk, but has been drawn into the tough talk to try to get everybody on board. and then hes also speaking to vladimir putin who he w...

That remains to be seen. >> in vietnam what kind of reception do you expect he will get? a controlled regime and one that has over the last few years been mending ties with the united states at a dramatic pace. >> they just added a state dinner in hanoi that was tacked on in the last couple of days. that was unexpected which will be pomp and circumstance, but again, signalling of mending of ties between the united states and vietnam. also this back end of the trip in the philippines are for thes...

Cooperation on north korea. thats one of the reasons they are going to meet at the apec conference in danang. on north korea the president said he will make a decision soon on whether to designate north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. disputes that xi jinping comes to the meeting with a new set of power. he has more power than any other chinese leader since month mao. he would like the saudi oil company aranco to be on the new york stock exchange.

Cooperation on north korea. thats one of the reasons they are going to meet at the apec conference in danang. on north korea the president said he will make a decision soon on whether to designate north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. disputes that xi jinping comes to the meeting with a new set of power. he has more power than any other chinese leader since month mao. he would like the saudi oil company aranco to be on the new york stock exchange.

Important to get russias cooperation on north korea. thats one of the reasons they are going to meet at the apec conference in danang. on north korea the president said he will make a decision soon on whether to designate north korea as a state sponsor of terrorism. disputes that xi jinping comes to the meeting with a new set of power. he has more power than any other chinese leader since month mao. he would like the saudi oil company aranco to be on the new

Will be the apec summit in vietnam, trump and russian president putin will be there. might come face to face and might the white house be pushing for some sort of bilateral meeting? >> well, they are being very coy about it, but if the two leaders are going to be in the same country at the same meeting, you can expect some kind of interaction. clearly all of this investigation with russia and the whole, you know, issues of special counsel muellers investigation is going to be, you know, the kind...

>> yes. this is a shot of the apec conference, this is a palace in indonesia. second or third apex conference. the first one we hosted in seattle and our dress code, come casually to the island where the leaders were meeting. once we started going to these asian conferences they said, please wear the native garb. the patek shirts we were asked to wear. president clinton was already about 12 inches taller than all counterparts of apex leaders and stood out to begin with and that guy with his pale...

Of breakthrough there, in terms of convincing china to put a little bit more pressure on kim and his people there. also theres an economic question that will be raised during this trip, fred. youll remember that the president decided to pull out of the apec deal, the asia free trade deal, that was originally forged during the basketball administration, saying it was a bad deal and not good for the united states and the american workers. there is some thought there will be some conversations with...

Please wear the native garb and these were the fwmpb atik shirts that the indonesian shirts asked to wear. president clinton was already about 12 inches taller than all of his counterparts, so he stood out to begin with and that guy with his pale complexion didnt look great in a batik shirt. but you go along to get along. thats a rule of requirement when you go to these apec conferences. >> spencer -- any fun for a president on it? i know hes going to golf with abe. is any of this fun? >> oh yea...