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Launched, so this would mark the fifth and sixth missile launched tested in the last two weeks. the u.s. has tried so many times, so many different administrations from both parties to stop north koreas nuclear program advancement and failed. is there any way to do that still? >> well, we have had eight international denuclearization agreements. they all failed. that doesnt mean we dont try for a ninth. that doesnt mean we learn from the lessons of the past that were short, vague, poorly crafted...

New low in trumps presidency. meanwhile, in russia vladimir putin is getting universal praise for how he handled things. i want to bring in nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel and retired admiral stavridis. richard, let me start in moscow. the russian defense ministry is already announcing theyre ready to act on agreements they say were made with trump, something that wasnt brought up at all yesterday. do you know anything about whats going on? >> reporter: it is somewhat vague, what e...

Congressman, are those positive steps? >> i think theyre all p.r. image building than positive steps. i wish i could say they were positive steps. but we cant have amnesia about the past. there were three denuclearization agreements reached with north korean, all of which they breeched in 1994, 2004 and 2012, releasing hostages, they did that many times in the past. they did it under president obama, under bill clintons and george bushs tenure. this is not a new phenomenon. as to blowing up the ...

Denuclearization agreements previously with north korea that that regime has essentially voided. we should also note two things, those american prisoners released from north korea and arriving back in the united states thursday were able to leave the medical center today, they were reunited with their families. and one other quick thing, fred, happy mothers day. >> aw, thank you so much. boris sanchez at the white house, appreciate it. here to discuss, gail mclaron, good to see you all. we saw...

>> well, i was glad to hear that kim jong-un will be well briefed. i hope president trump is well-briefed. he doesnt read anything and doesnt have a poll team in place. we dont have an ambassador in seoul. we dont have the secretary for the region. weve got a brand new secretary of state and a brand new national security adviser. so im a little nervous about how well briefed our leader is going to be. having said that, i think we need to tone down the expectations for singapore. we have had denu...

>> i hope president trump is well briefed. he doesnt read anything and he doesnt have a full team in place. we dont have an ambassador in seoul. we dont have an assistant secretary for arms control or for the region. we got a brand new secretary of state and a brand new national security adviser. so im a little nervous about how well briefed our leader is going to be. we have had denuclearization agreements and a bilateral in 2012. all of them collapsed after agreeing because the north koreans r...