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Troops on the korean peninsula. back to tomorrow morning, you know, were hours away from this meeting now and were learning a little bit more about what it is going to look like. we knew that trump and kim jong-un were going to sit down one on one, only translators in the room with them. now after that, they will go into an expanded bilateral meeting. that could include a few officials from the u.s. side, a korea side and then they will participate in a working lunch. that is a lunch that is goi...

Kim il sung was forced to find new sources of foreign aid to help him revive the countrys stagnant economy. and many troops came from states and states said you must reconcile yourself with your commitments to the international. going to. be made pursuer. here in st peter in operation treaty which. soviets insisted before giving you a nuclear systems but you do so so this is. the root of the problem very very joining the. g except safeguards of course. ultimately except inspections and inspectio...

Really following up on what governor richardson says that north korea has already gotten a lot of concessions like the very fact that this summit is being held. what do you think kim wants out of this day or so in singapore? >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimization and even more important that means he solidifies role at home. we are going to see pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so, you know, president trum...

Only to find that the north koreans either didnt promise what they thought they had or reneged on promises. the v matters. we are going to ensure that we set up a system sufficiently robust that we are able to verify the outcomes and its only once the v happens that we will proceed to pace. thats whats been missed before. we can go back to reagan, trust but verify. at the end of the day, both countries will have to come to have sufficient trust in each other and to do the verification that each ...

Necessary to follow through on those commitments. when we do, well have a verified deal. if we can get that far, we will have had an historic change here in southeast asia, north asia and all around the world. >> well take one last question. ph >> mr. secretary, this morning at the hotel in singapore, president trump had harsh words for prime minister trudeau. [ inaudible ]. >> well, i came here today here in singapore to talk about north korea, but im happy to talk about work with our european ...

>> and president trump is facing criticism from world leaders for failing to endorse the rule that advocated for trade. they are standing by the statement despite his decision to with zrau support. anyone departing from the commitments meet at the summit would be showing their incoherence and inconsistency. angela america l is calling trumps decision to withdraw support for the communique quote, sobering and a bit depressi depressing. this photo was also posted to america ls official instagram o...

Very public spat with the allies to the north? >> well, it doesnt help. kim jong-un himself has met with his ally president xi jinping twice, really coordinating, so be great if he has support of his allies. its not the time to pick fights with his allies. im also worried what this shows about picking arguments with allies is hes going to go into this meeting and not care about allies interest, in the region. >> south korea. >> exactly. >> prime minister abe came and met, please lets make a deal...

Really following up on what governor richardson says that north korea has already gotten a lot of concessions like the very fact that this summit is being held. what do you think kim wants out of this day or so in singapore? >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimization and even more important that means he solidifies role at home. we are going to see pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so, you know, president trum...

Really following up on what governor richardson says that north korea has already gotten a lot of concessions like very fact that this summit is being held. what do you think kim wants out of this day or so in singapore? >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimization and even more important that means he solidifies role at home. we are going to see pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so, you know, president trump gi...

Will -- >> do the north koreans get unnerved pretty easily from your experience? >> i think, you know, they have taken advantage of the presidents up predictability. the fact that he was willing to do what no other america president has been willing to do and thats to sit down with the north korean leader without any major concessions, thats something that past presidents havent done because it legitimizes a leader who has carried out provocations, illicit testing, and the north koreans recogniz...