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Dismissed, but is it mike pompeo that deserves a lot of credit here? >> pompeo does deserve a lot of credit. if i were the president, i would send pompeo back a third time before the summit to plan exactly where were going to end up on the denuclearization issue. you know, we have some daylight with south korea. china is messing around with north korea. they probably want to weaken sanctions, so i think pompeo with his relationship with kim jong-un should set the agenda before the summit, so tha...

Only imagine. have you -- what do you think having covered this their families are thinking right now? >> reporter: well, obviously, the last few days have been excruciating for the families. it was less than a week ago that i spoke with an official who told me this release was eminent and the north koreans decide two months ago they were going to do this. were not going to deflate the denuclearization issue with the release of these americans. this is a goodwill, good faith gesture ahead of the...

Be positive. >> i am interested in wanting to know your thinking of the optics. we saw the summit friday and the pictures coming from it it, and the smiles and the handshakes and the hand holding, and a really big difference from the threats of war that we are used to hearing from kim. why do you think that there is a sudden change, and why now? well, i think that, aaron, those are very effective not just for the people of south and north korea, but the easing of t tension, but it is a good setu...

Extremely important that both sides are talking again as you may know that relationship between north and south korea korea were really bad for almost ten years so no both sides are talking again and one major thing is to generally improve the relationship between both sides also there might be talks about a peace agreement in the future and of course they might talk about the denuclearization issue. philip stay on the line we have highness moser in studio highness hes the first member of the ca...

Now central intelligence agency and a team at the cia have been working in intelligence channel which has been in place for several years to make prep rags for the summit. they have spoken sever times. they even met in a third country with a focus on nailing down a location for the talks. we also understand mongolia has been raised as a possible location. we havent heard publicly from north korea about kim jong uns invitation to meet with trump can was conveyed last month. they say several has k...

Changed tracks. he shifted to a maximum pressure campaign against south korea which was really interesting and threatening to tie our bilateral trade deal to the denuclearization issue he is an south korea, we are demanding they deliver results before he sits down at the table for this negotiation with kim jong-un. that was remarkable because it shows how little leverage we actually have against this crazy rogue regime, north korea. the president triangulating, as much as i hate that word. looki...

Changed tracks. he shifted to a maximum pressure campaign against south korea which was really interesting and threatening to tie our bilateral trade deal to the denuclearization issue he is an south korea, we are demanding they deliver results before he sits down at the table for this negotiation with kim jong-un. that was remarkable because it shows how little leverage we actually have against this crazy rogue regime, north korea. the president triangulating, as much as i hate that word. looki...

Changed tracks. he shifted to a maximum pressure campaign against south korea which was really interesting and threatening to tie our bilateral trade deal to the denuclearization issue he is an south korea, we are demanding they deliver results before he sits down at the table for this negotiation with kim jong-un. that was remarkable because it shows how little leverage we actually have against this crazy rogue regime, north korea. the president triangulating, as much as i hate that word. looki...

Happen. the issue is will it be june 12. i hope they dont rush things despite these positive movements. and the big issue is going to be will it be successful in terms of the denuclearization issue. i still have my doubts whether the north koreans are going to move forward on full denuclearization. maybe step by step, well see. >> have you actually sat down for a meeting with kim yong-chol the former foekinorth korean sp chief who is on his way to new york right now? >> ive never met kim jung-un...

Summit and hes often said he would be willing to walk away from the table if goenegotiatio were not fruitful. he wants to get to the table. this seems to be a speed bump on that front. andrea. >> the denuclearization issue is clearly an optical. the president in the photo opportunity many the oval office note to coming out that he said theyre still going to insist on denuclearization of north korea. the difference is profound. the north koreans are saying youre talking about denuclearization of ...