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Breaking news. a letter from a top north korean official is apparently what led the president to cancel secretary of state mike pompeos latest trip to north korea. our colleague josh rogin reported it that pompeo received the letter from kim yong-chol, a top aide to kim jong-un. cnn has confirmed the letter sent to pompeo that warned the denuclearization process was at stake and may fall apart. cnns will ripley live in hong kong. will, what is the latest? >> reporter: laura, essentially this is ...

In taking a step forward to signing a peace treaty. that is the sticking point. the north koreans want a peace treaty up front and denuclearization later as part of the step by step process of lifting of sanctions. many believe the economic aid and peace treaty should not come until the end of the denuclearization process. after dukkim jong-un agrees to e up the nuclear weapons. that is the gridlock we have seen play out since secretary pompeos disappointing trip to pyongyang in july. now this l...

The letter from the top aide to kim jong-un. it warned the denuclearization process could fall apart. will ripley is live in hong kong with latest. will. >> reporter: dave, this could be the biggest threat to the new diplomatic relationship with the united states and north korea. the north koreans saying in the letter if the u.s. doesnt move on the key sticking point which is peace treaty, this process to fall apart. that means north korea could go back to prior to the diplomacy which is testing...

>> sandra: the progress is the question because we were led to believe through the state department that we were seeing significant process. here speaking on behalf of the state department just days before the president canceled the strip, listen. >> the concentrations continue. we have made significant movements over the past six months. in fact, we have had more conversations and consultations with the north koreans in six months then we have been virtually the past ten years. so we think we a...

Looking to put out people under pressure. >> whole industries and no collapsing. >> america has been the best market for us the best market in the history. it is a huge loss, we could have revised this industry but we lost the chance. >> now with the iranian oil at 30 half the it was, numbers are growing. in particular people for your november which is when the next round of sanctions will hit oil exports that observe the state could lead to a total collapse of the economy. >> brett: benjamin ha...

Mike pompeo and the korean negotiat negotiator, they were butting heads. the north koreas say no and the u.s. asks again. now it is to the point they are not sure they want to negotiate at the lower level. this is why the north korean sources were saying this week they want a second summit with president trump. you know, even in the statement released, the wording is very flattering toward president trump. they take a page from president trumps playbook. it is fabrication that north korea is bui...

The white house is offering to send secretary of state mike pompeo back to pyongyang for a meeting with kim jong-un in a response to a letter sent by the north korean leader to president trump. national security adviser john bolton not ruling out a second summit between the two men, but first, he wants to see less rhetoric and more action on denuclearization from the kim regime. lets go live to hong kong and bring in cnns will ripley. will, youve been all over this from the beginning. whats your...

>> president trump remains upbeat about the prospect of the denuclearization process. it is happening. we need kim jong un to follow through on his commitment that he made in singapore. until they eliminate their weapons of mass distraction, our sanctions will remain in effect. >> sandra: of mike pompeo strongly defending the presence north korea strategy. a time for americas newsroom a-team in a laugh at. former -- and fox news contributor as well, great to have all of you here. the a-team. mar...

There. we expect some of the remains will be transferred to the united nations, then to the u.s. next week. theyre also having working level talks between the u.s. and north korea about a denuclearization process. one thing an official told me is they are looking for a start date, so far we havent heard anything about that, but i think a kind of definition of what denuclearization means to both countries, an agreement on that, and when that could start. we could hear something about that today. ...

Iran. north korea has decided it is going to go ahead with this very slow-going denuclearization process. with iran we want them to get rid of their nukes but get them to stop the filtration of these weapons into other countries that are meant to harm not only the israelis but our troops. where do you stand there? >> we saw the demonstrations in iran and the people in iran saying enough spending our money on terrorism. look what is happening today in syria? they have more than 80,000 militants b...