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North koreans said not in these kind of words before. they always said, this is not on the table, that are not giving up their nuclear weapons, this is our own protection. >> kelly stands by for a second. hans, im struck by with the president said over the week at the joky gridiron dinner. he said we will talk but they have to de nuke. this seems like a response from pyongyang saying hey, were willing to do that but will it bear fruit. >> i checked in and said, as your assessment of north korea,...

Among jokes at a dinner in washington, d.c. stating some information that is certainly no laughing matter, rather quite sensitive information about north korea, saying that they called a couple of days ago, saying that he would love to talk, but theyd have to de-nuke. what do you make of this news that the president is saying that they called. his response, and the setting where it was made. >> well, we know that donald trump can play fast and loose with reality. especially when hes sort of spea...

Night, at a dinner with media members where he said, quote, they called up a couple of days ago and said we would like to talk, and i said, so would we. but you have to de-nuke. you have to de-nuke. so lets see what happens, end quote. all right, i want to bring in cnn global affairs correspondent, elise labott. so, elise, south korea is sending a delegation to north korea on monday for talks. is this posturing ahead of that meeting? >> i dont think so, fred. although, you know, look, north kore...

Around the world to come in and save them so they dont go under on this loan. >> i know you said among those to express, what are your concerns of his interim security of top secret information. are you placated some what since your mind is a bit of ease since john kelly downgraded his appearance. >> i think thats a wise step. i dont think anybody should have had this temporary clearance for over a year. i do give him credit for finally downgrading him. >> i want to get to the presidents comment...

Losers as president trump delivers new threats, this time over europe and cars. but we begin with a live picture of the white house and president trump signaling the start of negotiations for a possible sitdown with north korea. speaking to a room full of reporters at an annual dinner in washington last night. president trump said of north korea a couple of days ago they said they would like to talk, and i said, so would we, but you have to de-nuke. we will be meeting and see if anything posit...

Of the white house and president trump is signaling will the start of negotiations with a possible sit-down with north korea. speaking to a group of reporters last night, president trump said of north korea, a couple days ago, they said, we would like to talk. and i said, so would we, but you have to de-nuke. president trump later said, we will be meeting and well see if anything positive happens. earlier in the day, the president attended a fund-raiser at his mar-a-lago home where he talked abo...

North koreans to stop working on their nuclear weapon system and from their perspective, that makes sense because it gives them leverage and means the united states is paying attention to them, the koreans are paying attention to them, and we have not figured out over the course of the last several presidents what it will take or what can be done to get the north koreans to back down. if president trump has a plan for that and includes meeting with kim jong-un, then perhaps it will happen at som...

Nationalal interest. jim hansen is president of the security studies group. they both join us. harry, most of us accept that north korea would have quite a job beating the united states towns a lump of jelly. lets consider it the other wayi around. if we want to de-nuke north korea, is that doable? >> is it doable, absolutely. the challenge is to do that you run the risk of potentially killing c millions of people. for example, lets say the president decided to weigh his military options and lau...

The president saying, quote, i will not rule out direct talks with kim jong-un. i just wont. as far as the risk of dealing with the madman is concerned, thats his problem, not mine. the president obviously joking there. and then he said, by the way, a couple of days ago, they said we would like to talk, and i said, so would we, but you have to de-nuke. you have to de-nuke. so lets see what happens. maybe positive things are happening. i hope thats true. we will be meeting and we will see if anyt...

Perspective there is certain a reason to try to talk with the united states. figure out what the trump administration is thinking, what their next moves will be. but in terms of the nuclear issue, no indications at this point, george, that they are willing to relinquish their nuclear weapons which are written into their constitution. you visit pyongyang. all of the state propaganda is built up around this notion of the nuclear weapons almost guaranteeing, you know, proving legitimacy of north ko...