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Still working on nuclear and missile technology. so why meet again? rich edson is live at the state department. hi, rich. >> theyll try to fill in the details. very broad commitments that they agreed to in the first summit in june. negotiators have been stuck on getting kim jong-un to dismantle his arsenal, what kim will get in return and when he will get it. american officials have had a difficult time securing details on kim jong-uns weapons. mike pence acknowledged this week that the administ...

Dont know where president trump and king jong un will get together for a second summit. >> reporter: president trump and kim jong-un are going to the summit one more time following a meeting today with secretary of state pompeo and north korean nuclear negotiator and a 90-minute session with president trump himself. the white house says there will be a follow-up to last year ace singapore summit taking place near the end of february at a location to be announced. >> we continue to make progress....

Pence had said that theyve taken no concrete steps towards denuclearization. in fact, the two sides cant even agree on what denuclearization means. and usually when you get a second summit, its a recognition that youve made some progress since the first one, and theres no evident progress at all. >> in fact, victor, arent there indications that theyve been cheating on their commitments? >> yeah. i mean, theyre continuing to produce material, their missile and nuclear programs. the only thing the...

That he should. >> under what scenario would you not follow their recommendations? >> if i disagreed with it. >> and what would the basis of that agreement be? >> i came to a different judgment. >> on what basis? >> the facts. >> such as? >> such as whatever facts are relevant to the recusal. >> manu raju is "outfront." hes on capitol hill. look, barr obviously not forth coming in that front with kamala harr harris. and you know, look, he was not -- a lot of vagueness here, right? >> reporter: y...

National special security event, which is the state of the union and despite the fact members of the secret service are not being made, its a no-fail mission. again no, reaction from the president just yet. you can bet that when we get it, it will be a beauty. >> shepard: probably so. john roberts out in the yard. lets get to the hill now. team fox coverage continues. mike emanuel is reporting there. what are they saying? >> good afternoon. you have bipartisan senators making a pitch to presiden...

Will not be bullied into doing anything that i think is wrong. i anybody, whether it be editorial boards or congress or the president. im going to do what i think is right. >> laura: all, and as for the democratic drumbeat that trump only selects people that he can control and who essentially agreed to, i dont know, some sort of loyalty pledge... >> president trump has sought to no assurances, promises, or commitments for me of any kind, either express or implied, and i have not given him any, o...

Incentives of changed. im said hes not going to get many democrats votes but he should. >> the man who nominates him is probably behind most of that. there was such a concentration on the mueller investigation youve got to be independence, he said he didnt promise me anything, i make no commitments to him during the directly. they want to make sure he will go after the president or support mueller and his investigation of the president but it was interesting to me that he said im going to look a...

Confident in him. hes been unanimously confirmed three times in the past. he hasnt changed. the political process and the democratic incentives of change. and so im sad that i think hes not going to get many democrat votes but he certainly should. >> shannon: the man who nominated him is probably behind most of that. let me ask you this. there was such a concentration on the mueller investigation, and you have to be independent from the president, said he did not promise me anything, no commitme...

Special counsel to complete his work. >> but there were several other times during yesterdays confirmation hearing when the presidents nominee for attorney general, william barr, avoided making commitments about how he would conduct himself related to the mueller investigation and the presidents conduct. >> will you commit to make public all of the reports conclusions, the mueller report, even if some of the evidence supporting those conclusions cant be made public? >> you know, that certainly i...

Hearing back in 1973. similar context, similar concerns. and bill barr did not make the same cooped of unequivocal commitments that elliott richardson did. he did not make the unequivocal statement that he would be allowed to have the investigation going where it leads. he didnt make what i was hoping for, which is an unequivocal commitment to share with the committee, the fruits of robert muellers labors a final report. he didnt make a commitment that he would seek and follow the conclusions of...