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Responsibility of war in the futu future. >> donald trump makes references to how this should have been done a long time ago. whats your sense on why it hasnt been done a long time ago? >> great question, ali. ill go out on a limb a little bit. a couple things are different this time, if i could just say that. number one, kim is in charge. he has murdered 300 of his potential rivals. number two, the sanctions are actually working, thanks to the chinese. over 95% reduction in imported products fr...

Well bring you major developments. the dow up a bit on the day. remember, friday was a little shakier. more concerns about north korea. sort of the word of the president at least saying denuclearization could be on the table has the markets a bit more calm this morning. >> youre watching "velshi & ruhle" live on mississipsnbc. well be right back. over... under... hey whoa, pop, pop... your shoes untied. ♪ ensure hes well taken care of, even as you build your own plans for retirement. see how l...

Asia. joining us now is nbc news military analyst, retired army official, major general robert ska scales, former commandant of the army college. thank you for being with us. >> hi, ali. good to be back. >> we described this. what did it mean to you when you heard that the north had agreed to stop certain testing and potentially agreeing to denuclearization? >> not much, ali. the bottom line is, the legitimacy of the north korean regime today is defined by owning nuclear weapons. i think the bes...

Irreversible means total dismantlement of the countrys nuclear energy program to prevent any future foray into nuclear weapons testing. it is not clear if the ballistic missile program would be part of the cvid. these are part of the issues that need to be worked out before a meeting between the regime and the u.s. president. and complicating things, the president insisted that the north koreans agreed to denuclearization. but they didnt agree to it. they just agreed to parts of things. were goi...

Ch committee is set to vote on mike pompeos nomination as secretary of state tonight. the state department and the white house are preparing for talks with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> in recent days, a hotline has been set up between kim jong-uns office in the north and president moon jae-ins office in the south. though there is no date yet for the first phone call between the leaders. on friday, the north announced it would halt missile tests and close a nuclear testing facility in prep...

North korea and august jsuggest leader there is taking the american president for a ride. >> wow, we havent given up anything, and they have agreed to denuclearization. so great for world. north korea hasnt agreed to denuclearize. >> were not going to stop pressure until they denuclearize. >> he views having deliverable nuclear weapons as his ticket to dying as an old man in his bed. desperate manhunt intensifies for travis reinking, who remains at large and possibly armed. he is the alleged g...

>> all right. during the preparations for the planned summit between president trump and kim jong-un, it is important to know how each side defines the end goal of denuclearization. for the united states, its cvid, based on the concept known as complete, verifiable, irreversible, denuclearization of the north. complete means that pyongyang needs to identify all of its uranium and plutonium enrichment programs. both of these give it a path to nuclear weaponry. plutonium being the more advanced we...