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Meetings and negotiations. >> dana: in the first meeting, president obama told president trump that north korea will be the biggest issue you deal with. susan rice had to say this. >> itsng to take awhile. this is a complicated set of issues. success cant be declared on a happy meeting. the critical thing for the north korean point of view is to come to the negotiating table with having demonstrated to the world that their nuclear capacity and missile capacity has been perfected. >> dana: bruce,...

To that standard. since then, hes been lowering expectations, watering down the u.s. policies. that was driven by some statements by north korea in may. if you set aside the insulting and the threatening ones, the most important is one where a senior official really just reiterated what had been longstanding north korean policy on denuclearization, which is different from what the white house thought it was. they realized there was a bigger gap between the two countries. >> bruce, you have such ...

Other countries. leadership intentions is still an area that were grabbing for. >> dana: i guess well learn more in six hours when the president sits down with them. thanks, bruce. five states holding primaries tomorrow. chris stirewalt is up next with what you need to know on the mid-term monday. thousands of miles away, capitol hill lawmakers are keeping a close eye on singapore. what theyre saying about the summit. >> a direct result of the maximum pressure campaign. the only reason theyre si...

Im excited about the future. its not where we want it. in the time to come, well see tter internet access for people in rural areas. >> dana: your a cheerful happy warrior and a committed public servant. thanks for being >> thank you. >> dana: just hours before the meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un, unpredictability is the name of the game. my next guest wrote about seven possible scenarios. he talked about complete disarmorment or bust. and then theres the art of the deal. number 4, ...

Looking at the situation on the peninsula as you pointed out such a big shift in the tone, its like watching a korean version of "game of thrones." just when you thought you were moving to the inevitable battle scene and the season ends and everybody is puzzled because two kings are talking and the third king wonders what his ally king is doing. >> im the only person on the planet who has not seen "game of thrones." i need to get up on that. >> oh. >> i know. back to kim jong-un and the invitati...

Korea, the brutality, the horrors, the torture? we look at this coverage of the sister. >> right. i think people have been wrapped up in the celebrity aspect of it. also shes the first member of the kim family to go to south korea. there would be an interest. its been a little bit too much on the entertainment side. but i think vice president pences mission and message was to remind people about the true nature of the regime and not get wrapped up in the olympics or the entertainment aspect of k...

It. >> our thanks for filing that report. these drills follow a new battle in the ongoing war of words between president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un. the president tweeted over the weekend while in vietnam, "why would kim jong-un insult me calling me old? when i would never call him short and fat. oh, well. i try so hard to be his friend and maybe some day that will happen." joining me now to take a closer look at this is bruce clingner. a former cia deputy division chief for ver...

Previous commitments to denuclearize, and continue defiance of the international xmunt throu community through violating u.n. resolutions. >> bruce clingner. thank you for your time today. appreciate it. >> thank you. we have one more thing for you. up after the break.

The rule of law. im the son of a police officer, the brother of two police officers. when the president said that, i called my brothers immediately and said, that is not an example for law enforcement. they, of course, agreed. but were seeing whether its, you know, insulting the courts and their role or firing the guy what was investigating him. he is really reducing, i think -- he is diminishing the role that law enforcement and the rule of law plays in our country. >> congressman eric swalwell...

Uranium enrichment or plutonium reprocessing facilities for two nuclear weapons programs and they tried both programs, plutonium and uranium. we think they may have 16 to 20 nuclear weapons right now with more on the way. so we have tried and right now its really hard to advocate for negotiations when north korea, as i said, has no intention of doing it. they literally are not picking up the phone. they closed the new york channel which is the last way to communicate with them and then the joint...