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On the human rights on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: yes, indeed. when to say the international community say this is the worst and most draconian in north korea is to equivocate. the fact he did mention it, but it is true. the denuclearization process was meant to be the biggest. that was the big thing to get their arms around. human rights would come later. it happened during the south korea and north korea summit. they did not focus on human rights. it was about denuclearization. here is...

That is just coming in moments ago, the president sang during the signing ceremony the denuclearization process will begin very quickly. and through a translator, he and donald trump have decided to leave the pashind. having a little difficulty, many wondering how the two leaders d barbs months ago would get along from the initial handshake today, two smiles from the two men, multiple photo ops of them walking around the grounds. donald trump leading chairman kim to the armored car the president...

Day is verify. right? the big v word that were looking for. verify and how are you going to be able to verify this denuclearization process and he really didnt giver an answer to that at all. >> yep, lets cross over and bring in kelly odonnell who is in singapore. let me begin first of all with your thoughts on this news conference, the big takeaway from what youve been seeing over the past couple of days juxtaposed with what weve just heard from the president. >> reporter: okay. apart from the ...

The olympics. now this moment, this historic moment. the big question, is he going to get what he wants? he wants security guarantees. he would love to keep his nuclear arsenal. the united states is saying that wont ha rhaps he would like to keep it as long as possible and stretch out the denuclearization process as long as possible. we will see what happens here in the coming hours. >> we are showing our viewers video. kim jong-un on world stage taking selfies in singapore. how significant is t...

Faith? >> we are looking at the transportation of the totality of the north korean leadership re zwreem singapore. this isnt just purely for the optics aspect of it. this is a big part of the potential launch of a process that could lead to a lot of details that could lead to the end of a korean war. what would a denuclearization process look like. this is the beginning of this process. there is deep distrust on both sides. but these two leaders are clearly unconventional by the standard of thei...

Russia and japan. >> even some of the high-profile events we have seen have become background noise. kim jong-un has met with xi jinping twice now. its remarkable the help they have been getting from the chinese side. kim jong-un arrived in singapore on a chinese aircraft. there is a lot to be said about the support coming from the chinese side. russia is still in the background. this ia of trying to establish a direct connection. chairman kim hasnt met with vladimir putin yet. prime minister ab...

Do you see this as a mission accomplished for north korea or does this somehow play out to the advantage of the united states, this meeting? >> i think this is a big win for kim jung-un. i think people who are expecting a swift denuclearization process are going to be disappointed. in fact i think this meeting will validate north koreas nuclear program at least internally. i think that will be the narrative. north korean leaders have wanted to have this kind of prestigious meeting with an americ...

Out of there, get u.s. troops out of japan, get the u.s. troops out of germany, why do we need those troops there all this time. certainly china would like to see that unfold. and this whole chinese connection to what is going on with kim jung-un and north korea is still a bit confusing. where do the chinese stand? >> they are playing a complex game. they have a reason to be very concerned about instability on the peninsula. they dont want the american presence to grow. they observed our reactio...

Counterparts. it is a wait-and-see attitude. that is what it sounds like from washington as well at this stage. all we can conclude is the u.s. and south korea are pretty heavily invested in the peace process and they dont want to scrap it just yet. i think thats what were seeing with considerable restraint coming from president trump himself. he and his administration and national security adviser were directly insulted by the north koreans in the last 36 hours. they called john bolton repugnan...

And make sure that theyre on the same page. how the denuclearization process should take place. >> thank you so much for being with us. were almost out of time. >> we are. jeff zeleny. we have less than 30 seconds for you. what comes next? >> what comes next is really the planning of for that historic summit. the time and date will be announced in the coming days. we believe based on reporting from officials that singapore is a likely spot for the. the question now is that the stakes have been r...