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Although his definition of that is likely different from that. the announcement seems to catch trumps own secretary of state, rex tillerson, by surprise. coming just hours after he said negotiations were, quote, a long way off. this morning, tillerson tried to clarify what he meant. >> respect to talks with north korea versus negotiations, and i think it seems to be something that people will struggle with the difference. my comments will be the conditions. weve been saying for some time were op...

And frankly, that patience is over. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. i really believe that it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal thats good for the people of north korea and the people of the world. >> song yun, how does this set the table for this meeting? has kim jong-un just not heard or has h...

People who have been deemed to be enemies of the state. theyre arrested, theyre imprisoned and executed along with their families. hundreds of thousands of people have died there. so how is the trump administration going to balance all of that with the possibility of achieving some historic agreement? let me bring in nbcs kelly odonnell who is at the white house for us. so in the bush and clinton administrations, as you know, kelly, even lower level talks involve months of painstaking preparatio...

Threats against the united states and guam, that fire and fury rattled a lot of people internationally, concerns about the potential for military action. so there has been a plan going on through, oddly enough, olympic diplomacy, through the breakthrough they had there with south and north korea coming together, for an opening for some kind of talks. we didnt expect those talks to happen at this level where you would have the two leaders face-to-face. but what we know about president trump is th...

Bomb test, or a more powerful test. so theres an element of ruthless rash nat in all this and the path to pyongyang will be strewn with more traps. >> i dont think theres any doubt on anybodys mind there are two things for sure that kim wants. he wants stature, a meeting with the leader of the free world would give him. he wants some of those sanctions put away. he also wants to continue to be a nuclear power. i dont think anybody is suggesting that hes willing to give everything else up. but wh...

Decided this. there are a lot of analysts who said in south korea kim jong-uns sister outplayed vice president pence in the diplomacy diplomat at the olympics. >> i think the president has spent his first year in office implying an increasing more pressure on north korea. i think hes right to do that. hes done that through a variety of means including sanctions. i think what we see here with mr. kim now being open and calling for these negotiations with the president is actually a sign that he i...