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Seemed to catch the south koreans unawares by saying he would suspend these key very important joint military exercises. what might -- this is a concern for allies now. what might he then concede again? >> if there is a second summit, david rhode -- it looks like there very may well be, the president said because he got this very, in his words, beautiful letter from kim jong-un, there would be a second summit. what are the lessons to be learned from summit number one that the trump administratio...

>> reporter: he has been eager to set up this second meeting between him and kim but there are real questions about the key issue, denuclearization. it will be a key opportunity this week when well see it han hear much more from president trump. he is meeting with south korean president today. north korea is on the agenda and he has already tasked his secretary of state with setting up this meeting. the issue here, denuclearization. are we getting closer to that? its not at all clear that we mad...

>> that is the president revealing a concession to kim jong-un. stopping what he calls war games with south korea. the president holding court for more than an hour in the h historic summit meeting. lets bring in josh rogin and david rhode. david, when he talks about the war games which are joint military exercises with the democratic ally, south korea, he said south korea wasnt paying its fair share. this is a concession. no question he gave to the north koreans. >> it is enormous concession. i...

Why is it important, david rhode, for him to be in attendance there at the g-7 summit and also what is the significance of him cutting out early? >> this is incredibly important because this is about the american economy. he is, you know in the very early stages of a possible trade war with many of the countries that will be at the g-7. he is, you know, some say he inherited the economy, some, you know, supporters say his tax cut, the economy is growing right now. and american politics as bill c...

American diplomacy sort of turned on its head, you know. we fought shoulder to shoulder in two world wars with ally and the g-7. in terms of europe and canada, it has been an incredibly successful alliance, and, you know, president trump is being friendlier to authoritarian leaders as you mentioned kim jong-un and now towards putin than he is to our long time allies. he declared them as part of the tariff on aluminum and other metals, he declared our european allies and canada national security ...

♪ lets fly, lets fly away ♪ welcome back. we await president trump to disembark there from air force one. hell be meeting with president macron of france on the heels of the twitter spat between the two over trade, tariffs, president macron saying that hes willing to reach a deal with the six leaders and let president trump be an isolationist. david rhode, what do you expect to come out of this meeting with president macron? >> you dont know. there was a chemistry it seemed between preside...

There as he made the headline, kimberly dozier, that he wants to bring russia back to the negotiating table. i imagine some of the world leaders there, the g-7, were taken aback by that notion because russia was kicked out of the g-8 by the annexation of crimea. >> you can imagine thats one of the first things that theyre going to be explaining to donald trump, look, there is a reason moscow isnt here. and if you offer them a way back in, without having them learn lessons and at least stop suppo...

Tactic. the pressure they agreed to talks and then they basically used negotiations to buy time. he needs to sort of not be tricked into expecting some instant breakthrough in this kind of meeting. this has to be a strategy, not just a tactic. >> trumps tweet says china has been helpful here. japan apparently not very excited about this idea. what does this do to the entire region potentially? >> it raises a lot of expectations. its a smart play by the north koreans. theyre acting very effective...

Artillery range of north koreas cannons. so the south koreans are delighted that weve gotten to the stage of a possible historic meeting between the north korean and u.s. leaders, fret ridricka >> all right, ivan watson, thank you. south korea having been instrumental in extending that invitation apparently north korea gave. in just a few hours, we will hear from president trump at a rally in pennsylvania. will he address this possible meeting with north korea? analyst david rhodes joining me ...

The russians cant continue to use a lot of the same tools as we get into this next election cycle in the next presidential cycle. theyll have to be a little more careful because now were aware of it. >> clearly theyre masterful of blending in. so to david, these russians, these russian nationals indicted, theyre not going to be prosecuted in the u.s. so what really was this about, revealing this indictment, making it so public like it was done yesterday? >> im not a legal expert but i do think m...