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Something and we have to see. reagan and gorbachev met several times before they kind of just did the get to know you stuff and i think thats what this first round was. >> but still the main goal denuclearization wasnt even defined. do we know what kim is willing to give up or a time table for it to happen or a plan for verifying any of it? is there danger in the white house declaring victory prematurely? >> well, i dont think that the vehicle -- the victory is that the summit took place at all....

Fighting, that will mean more hunger. >> we are very fearful that any kind of blockage of the free flow of humanitarian food, also commercial stocks of particularly food and fuel could have a major impact on people who are already highly vulnerable. >> reporter: the worst humanitarian crisis in the world right now is in yemen. 8.5 million people -- thats roughly the population of new york city -- are on the verge of starvation there. arthel? arthel: ryan, thank you very much for that report. eri...

In korea for many years, and hes still there. he said gathered around a little valid villages, people are riveted. like every shopkeeper had a television on. he said, let me tell you. to the south korean people, this is like gorbachev and reagan. this is positive developments in their lives because they have families and north korea. they want to have different scenarios not just for peace and safety but for their culture. they are a very proud people. >> they there are over 2 millin korean amer...

Brother and uncle. were talking about a tyrant that will stab you in the back. he will stab the president in the back, too. the question is are we giving up too much too soon. >> theres horrific human rights abuses. ive read the details. its horrifying. the economic sanctions matter. keeping them in place matter. that is the strategy. you dont fix a problem by doing the same thinking that created the problem in the first place. their economy is half the size of vermont. theyre in dire straits ri...

Has jailed tens of thousands of people in these gulags. how can they accomplish as big as denuclearization over a couple hours of conversation? thats where the rubber will meet the road, guys. this administration has essentially given itself a huge challenge going forward. they laid down this historical marker and said we have done something as big as regan and gorbachev but havent delivered something that concrete. at this point, as the president would say, all talk and no action. >> hey, jim, ...

Are open to going as fast or slow as you wanted. >> president trump: got along better than i assumed we would at the beginning, and we got more done together than i ever thought possible. hes going back to get this done, he wants to get it done. you are the whole thing about his father and other constrictions for his grandfather, but the fact is, and he brings that up. nobody has ever come close. >> talk about the difference between past administrations and >> president trump: i cant say that at...

Susan glasser of the new yorker today i on msnbc if my memory serves me right. she was talking about the reagan comparison. lets watch. >> reagan did exactly the opposite of what we are talking about with trump. he was able to find to negotiate with the soviets to be extremely tough with the soviets and also to preserve a line a vision of human rights and democracy. >> laura: trump obviously -- >> she is exactly wrong. speech would tl us why. >> both trump talk tough and engage the enemy they ud...

>> laura: some say democrats are in full-blown denial of the singapore summits. they are refusing to concede president trump did something kind of good. any success at all, much less a potentially historic breakthrough with north korea. >> what the united states has gained is vague and unverifiable at best. what north korea has gained however isgible and lasting. we have legitimized a brutal dictator who starved his own people. >> i have to be honest. this is the weakest statement ive ever seen ...

More or five meetings but you are open to going as fast or slow as you wanted. >> president trump: got along better than i assumed we would at the beginning, and we got more done together than i ever thought possible. hes going back to get this done, he wants to get it done. you are the whole thing about his father and other constrictions for his grandfather, but the fact is, and he brings that up. nobody has ever come close. >> talk about the difference between past administrations and yours? >...

Heres our breaking news. h historic summit going on right now in singapore. douglas, this is a big historic day. how high stakes is this one? >> very high stakes. it means a lot for donald trump. hes been a bully on the world stage. we saw that over the weekend, how he treated canada and trudeau. but it bringing a result here. remember ronald reagan in the 1980s used to talk about mr. gorbachev, turn down the wall and called russia the evil empire. donald trump was all about little rocket man.