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Deliverable each before the meeting or is the meeting just going to be talking about de-nuclearization, something you said is unlikely to happen. >> they would argue they do have a deliverable in a sense if that there havent been more provocative missile tests. and trump administration officials say people criticized us for being bullies, but that hes quote unquote behaving in their view. >> we saw a little of that in cork hes remarks. when trump was presented with the idea of meeting with the n...

De-nuclearization will be a great thing for world, but also for north korea. the pompeo trip is a prelude to the planned face-to-face meeting with president trump and the north korean leader. >> we will probably be, depending on the various meetings and conversations, well be having meetings with kim jong-un very soon. it will be -- that will be taking place probably in early june or before that. assuming things go well. its possible things wont go well and we wont have the meeting. >> i want ...

Ground work is being laid. maybe not enough? i would be curious to see what you had to say about this, but how he executed this. intel officials, no one from the state department. >> well, the problem is, theres not much happening at the state department. we dont have a secretary of state. a lot of those positions are untilled. but more importantly, he has trust in mike pompeo. mike pompeo, from an intelligence point of view, has probably the best perspective on kim and north korea. so he was pr...

Worked out now. de-nuclearization will be a great thing for the world and also north korea. sources say pompeo didnt take anyone from the statehouse or white house. the goal was to frame the agenda for a trump-kim summit in may or june. that summit is priority one in conversations with japans prime minister who is golfing with the president today before some additional meetings with reporters. word of the secret mission drawing mixed reaction on capitol hill. >> i like the fact that pompeo met w...

Jong-un/president trump summit for may or june. president trump said the meeting went well, they formed a great relationship. kim jong-un said hes willing to talk about de-nuclearization. we dont know exactly what that means, but president trump said he came away from this whole setting figuring out that theres about five locations where the summit might occur. so lets take a look at some of the possibilities. we dont know what cities, but we can take an educated guess based on what types of ven...

Some very clear steps at de-nuclearization, thats not going to be easy. this is a very, very tough object tich. its going to require inspections, the kind of verification to make sure that theyre doing what they say theyre doing. and theyve never quite agreed to that in the past. so there are a lot of very heavy issues here that are going to have to be worked out. im not sure all of this can be done before a summit. so im looking at a summit that may be laying some framework for discussions. but...

Having a cultural exchange. an apology is significant because we just dont see that from the north, especially on the issue of media access. weve also heard today from the acting ambassador here in south korea, the u.s. ambassador saying hes hopeful. optimistic but also realistic. the key is this is when they hash out the agenda on wednesday, have de-nuclearization will be on the agenda. its crucial on wednesday. well have another test on how serious the north is. halle. >> theres the sort of fo...

And embraces has obscured a key point. it is trump who has made concessio concessions, not kim jong-un. america has long held the position that until north korea took steps towards a de-nuclearization, there would be no talks. until recently the trump administration itself insisted that it would not reward the nuclear buildup with negotiations. now, theres a good argument to be flexible on this procedural issue, but we should be aware that so far kim jong-un seems to be executing a smart strateg...

Do you worry its now going to be yes men all the way? >> well, again, the secretary of defense is not a yes man. the question is though whether he will be marginalize. and well see who comes in as national security adviser ultimately, and mike pompeo, theres an old saying, where you stand depends upon where you sit. my question for mike pompeo, is he in favor of tearing up the iran agreement when he was on the hill, or does he now take responsibility for the full dimension of american foreign po...

Person for the job at this critical juncture. he will continue our program of restoring americas standing in the world, strengthening alliances, confronting adversaries and seeking the de-nuclearization of the korean peninsula." whats your reaction to this? >> mike pompeo has the presidents confidence. if youre a foreign ally of the united states or a foreign adversary of the u.s., you want to be negotiating with the person that has the presidents ear. weve known this all along that theres tensi...