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Several months now since president trump walked out of his last summit with kim. in the interim, there have been no substantive talks between the north koreans and the u.s. about denuclearization. there have been, however, these letters exchanged between the two leaders, one from kim wishing president trump a happy birthday and another one reciprocated by president trump just a few short days ago. so president trump is trying something i think a little bit risky here where hes saying meet me her...

It has to be a fair deal, and he understands that. >> all right, that someone i want to bring in max baccas, hes on the phone, the former u.s. ambassador to china ask a former democratic senator from montana. all right, senator and ambassador, thanks so much for being with me. before i ask about china and what we heard from the president. let me ask you about this potential meeting by way of an invite from the president of the united states via twitter to kim jong-un of north korea. would it be ...

Mistake about it, the administration is clear and the ultimate goal is denuclearization and this a step in the right direction. >> doing it by tweet is not a good way to do anything with a relationship as complicated as north korea. again, the theme continues, victor. he looks weak. he makes america look weak. when hes saying, hey, kim jong-un, why dont you come meet me at the dmz, i mean that could not be not just more ridiculous, but it continues to paint america as a country that is looking t...

Try to make a trip to the dmz. he tried to helicopter up there the last time. president trump would take the helicopter up but couldnt get on the ground. he always wanted to go. when we heard he would go to south korea we figured he would go to the dmz. todays tweet came as a surprise. he let on earlier this week he may try to contact him some other way other than having a one-on-one meeting. this mornings tweet was a bit of a surprise. im told typically with most presidents you wouldnt put some...

I dont know that it will, but it could happen. i think hed like to do it, and i wouldnt mind doing it at all. >> you made this very public invitation to kim jong-un, would it be a bad sign if he doesnt show up? >> of course i thought of that. i know if he didnt everybody would say oh, he was stood up by chairman kim, no i understood that. >> we have two reporters standing by in seoul, south korea. well get to will ripley in just a moment. lets start with cnns white house correspondent abby phill...

About kim jong un. of course everything he said is a strange thing to say as a president, but one thing in particular he was talking about this tweet he put out saying he is hoping to see him when he goes to south korea if he goes up to the border, they can shake hands at the dmz. i dont know where he is. he may not be in north korea. is it possible that kim jong un would leave north korea and the president of the united states would not know about that? >> it would be unlikely for him not to kn...

He sent me a very beautiful birthday card, and what i did is -- and i guess he got my return letter because its in the newspapers, him reading the return letter. but i just put out, i thought of out this morning. we may go to the dmz or the border, as they call it. when you talk about a wall, a border, thats what they call a border. nobody goes through that border. just about nobody. >> the white house declined to comment about any potential meeting beyond the presidents comments there. josh l...

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, if youre japan, if youre south korea, how do you view an invitation to meet a guy not just a guy, but kim jong-un at the dmz via twitter in. >> you know, the north koreans have a small group of intelligence people who speak and read english and read our publications and watch our tv. th...

Leave japan for south korea. i would meet kim at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. now the left has always believed in peace, peace, peace, no war. theyre freaking out because president trump tweeted that. he is sideling up to dictators. whats the truth? >> the first and most important truth is that north korea is circling the drain. it is finished as a society. it is falling apart internally. north korea desperately needs the help that only south korea can really provide. tha...

Lets do it. >> laura: he said it was a feeler. you heard him at the spray. i put out a feeler. an invitation. he is all the way over there. >> you know politics well enough to know most feelers like that are already pre-cooked and arranged in dealing with -- but no, this is a real kind of shot in the dark type of thing. he has time built into the schedule when he gets to south korea. he has a lot of time in the afternoon and it is supposed to be good weather. he could always go up there. remembe...