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Chairman in new york and has been leading a lot of the negotiations. he knows what the north koreans have agreed to. unless there is a betrayal of epic proportions, he in effect knows what theyll get out of the summit and for him to go on the record and say, as he did today, im very optimistic about a satisfactory outcome, means what he think he understands about the north koreans and i think its unlikely theyre lying to him, is theyll have enough to come out of this summit and declare the singa...

Problem. its the chinese that have signalled its okay to come to the table here and its that relationship with xi and president trump establish from the get go. >> sandra: you go back to juans point though, are perhaps expectations heading into the summit too high? when will you be able to look back and measure the success of the meet >> its incredibly high when you have the two heads of state sitting at the table but i dont think its too high. i was in the white house when we had the six-party ...

Gain -- not that the president of the united states doesnt already, hes a big figure by being president of the united states and this man was a dangerous rogue and a threat to the world and now being put up on a camp davidedestal. an iconic figure of peace and things can change and he can send a message to the world, im a catalyst to the ange. >> sandra: and were looking at live pictures from singapore, i wonder if you can put into perspective what this means for the markets. wow, what a lot for...

Potential for them to sign a deal to end the korean war. it would not be a peace treaty, i am also told that any agreement to end the korean war would not be a stand-alone type of thing. if we would be included in the overall umbrella of denuclearization. because there is no way im told the president will agree to an end to the korean war that leaves kim jong un with nuclear weapons. is all that has to be part and parcel of the bigger deal. >> bill: thank you john roberts live on the ground in s...

Sunday." terrific show yesterday. good evening to you. its 9:00 where you are. what have you been picking up throughout the day today? >> well, i think the most interesting development was a statement from the white house spokesperson sara huckabee sanders laying out in much more detail what the schedule for the summit is, as youve pointed out, the president going to meet first one-on-one with kim jong-un with translators and therell be a delegation meeting where the president and his top team w...

And he said again the u.s. will offer security assurances to north korea. in what form do we believe that may come? >> he refused a number of times to specifically say what the u.s. would offer onharont whether it would be any type of alteration to the joint military exercise the united states holds with north korea that south korea objects to or something to do with the u.s. military presence. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis was in singapore last week. he said the troops levels in south...

The maximum pressure thats been brought to bear by the united states, allies and china has gotten to us where we are today. thats why i am hopeful that he is coming. that the dictator of north korea is coming to the table to say, it is a strategic shift. it is something that we are going to join the community of nations instead of being a rogue regime. >> i fear you guys are putting too much pressure on president trump. because i think in reality the sanctions have had some effect but remember, ...

>> the year of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed 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. it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal. things are moving along well it looks like the meeting is set. the summit is all ready to go and i hope it continues on ...

Optimistic of a good outcome, i think this summit is basically baked in the cake. we know what were going get out of this summit which is a declaration of success and a promise to continue to move on. there wont be a lot of specifics but in terms of principle they will agree with the basic idea of denuclearization in return for security guarantees. whether it comes to pass we wont know for years. >> bill: and mike pompeo was asked whether or not troops would be pulled from south korea and would ...

Moniker leader of a her mitt kingdom. >> reporter: at that time, cnn was even told plans were being drawn up for a possible u.s. military strike. then came kims new years day speech expressing his desire to soften relations with his enemies. the so-called olympic thaw with his sister extending a warm hand to moon jae-in. two meetings between kim and moon, including the optics of a groundbreaking summit, even holding hands and the announcement of a planned summit with president trump. >> well be ...