the avoiding talking about ending his nuclear program. sixth, don t try to be friends with kim jong-un. he killed his uncle, his half-brother and hundreds of others. he is a despot. those people up in canada, by the way, are our friends. and that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. msnbc s special coverage of the summit with brian williams and rachel maddow starts right now. two volatile leaders. they have tested each other. rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. they ve taunted each other. kim jong-un issued a direct response. i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged u.s. dotard with fire. now, they re moments away from meeting for the first time face-to-face. i hope the upcoming meeting in singapore represents a bright new future to the world. with the stability of the region and the world on the line i don t think i have to prepare very much. will their summit bring us closer to peace or peril?
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Denied that opportunity. reporter: the u.s. also left behind an array of military equipment including counter rocket and artillery mortar system that was activated just one night before to defend the base. there were also aircraft left behind as well as humvees and other vehicles left behind. and that was disabled or de demilitarized in the words of general mckenzie. he says that will not be usable by the taliban. regardless, that didn t in any way diminish from the taliban s celebrations, gunfire in and around the airport and as well as a statement on twitter when the u.s. departed, the last flight, saying that the afghanistan now had its end inside. or aren, thank you. now to the gulf. residents there trying to count their blessings. it is a blessing that it fell
Aimed at seoul and its surrounding suburban area? probably 50,000 to 100,000. there s no anti-rocket artillery mortar system in the wor t could defend the population of seoul from an onslaught from north korea. one of the concerns we ve had is when the trump administration was talking publicly about a potential first strike, a first strike against north korea, the concern of course was that north korea would retaliate not necessarily against the united states but against seoul. and now you see the additional this is tape playback. the playback of the arrival of kim jong un at the hotel there as he enters the building and gets ready for his historic meeting with president trump. as someone recently said, that the mercedes limousine has been the favorite of dictators and spots going back decades around the world. you just see the no license plate thing and it just puts a little shiver down your spine. you know what i m saying? that ll get you pulled over in new york. jere