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Barack obamas birthplace. >> good morning. it is monday, july 1, im yasmin vossoughian alongside white house correspondent jeff bennett. >> the president making history. tweeting this, if chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. kim jung-un apparently did see the tweet and met and led trump over the border at the heavily militarized zone. after about a minute in what is officially hostile territory since the united states is ...

And read my "washington post" column this week. and lets get started. just hours ago, donald trump became the first sitting american president ever to set foot in north korea. it all happened at a meeting with kim jong-un that started in the most trumpian way -- with a tweet. the president tweeted earlier this week about his planned trip to south korea. while there, if chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. during the mee...

Just hours ago, donald trump became the first sitting american president ever to set foot in north korea. it all happened at a meeting with kim jong-un that started in the most trumpian way -- with a tweet. the president tweeted earlier this week about his planned trip to south korea. while there, if chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. during the meeting, trump says that the two agreed to restart nuclear talks. what to m...

Meet him at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. question mark, exclamation point. that actually was a tweet. joining me now live from osaka and the g20 is jim acosta. it sounded almost like the bachelor about to present a rose to somebody. is it possible the president is actually, you know, thinking hell just -- go to the border and just to say hi to kim jong-un? >> reporter: anderson, the president himself has talked about this as being sort of a love affair between himself and...

The president in japan points out if the meeting were to transpire, it would be the first time a u.s. and north korean leader have met in the dmz which despite its name is -- the most heavily fortified border in the world. >> we have retired four-star and ground commander in the gulf war and a veteran of the region under discussion here tonight. hard to know where to begin. the president may not realize he has people for that if he wants to extend an invitation. if youre our allies in the region...

Whether or not the american people deserve to have this conversation, and thats whats going on here. keep in mind that we still have sanctions in place. we still are being tough in this region, and the president has been clear and pompeo has been clear. the under the pat goal is complete verifiable, irreversible denuclearlation in the region. >> there has been no progress towards that. the presidents allies and congress will say kim has not taken a step in that direction, theres no evidence of i...

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The way things operate in saudi arabia, things like this dont happen without the express mandate of the crown prince or of the king himself, and so for trump to be saying things like this publicly underscores exactly what lindsey graham was saying. for lindsey graham to say this and to criticize the the president you know its serious. its not just democrats saying this. he looks like a fool. he looks weak. >> alice, let me move to another topic here, president trump tweeted what amounts to, hey,...

>> with us now from south korea, cnn correspondent will ripley. i think everyone who watches knows that youve been to north korea many, many times now, and its remarkable the casualness with which the president suggested this meeting and said sure, ill have no problem stepping into north korea. this is more than a photo op. this would be a propaganda jackpot for kim jong-un. >> reporter: and theres probably more thought thats been put into this, victor than what is being let on with the tweet su...

Strongly, but theyre prosecuting large numbers of people. that was a bad event. >> reporter: a lot of people are not going to be satisfied with that answer, considering that there is it seems quite a bit of evidence suggesting that the crown prince at the very least knew about what was going on in that consulate, but president trump appearing to say there that his relationship with saudi arabia is at the top of his mind, perhaps more important than getting all the way to the bottom of what happe...