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Ed, it lasted an hour or so with an agreement to restart nuclear talks that broke down after of the summit in hanoi back in february. >> it was a great success because we maintained our relationship. so were going to have teams, theyre going to meet over the next few weeks, and theyre going to start a process, and well see what happens. >> reporter: the one thing that president trump believes he has is time, time is on his side. he says hes in no rush to do anything and in order to get it right,...

So nopefully, he leaned in -- hopefully, he leaned in hard to kim at that meeting afterwards if said this is it, we need a deal, but we have to get a process to get us there. jedediah: joel, im obviously skeptical, but what about the political implications here for president trump if there is no follow through from north korea e? were heading into 2020, were heading into fierce campaign season. what does this look like for him if this doesnt play out like planned? >> well, you have reason to be ...

Put a team forward, the united states has been engaging but not really successful in that way, and it cant just be leader to leader, it has to be a process where we can document, we get agreements, where we get certainty that denuclearization is going to happen. pete: joel, why hasnt the process taken off before, and could this be an important igniter? >> this could be a real igniter, because this seems to, like, the last kind of meeting that president trump wants to have. the process didnt take...

Sanctions remain, yes. but at some point during the negotiation, things can happen. thats what well be talking about. ed: the president said they agreed to restart negotiations over the next several weeks, so lets go to joel rubin, leader at the washington strategy group. good morning, joel. >> good morning, thank you. ed: obviously, an historic moment. we want to take that in and also, though, we need to be skeptical about the days i head. i was in singapore for the first summit, hanoi for the ...

Sort of a favorite target of folks on the right. but the fact is, she has had missteps in recent elections, and yet still has that position here. and appears to have missed some deadlines, et cetera. why hasnt the process been corrected to remove people like that and get people into those key positions who can do the job, do the job as required? >> well, number one, shes followed the process as florida law prescribes. and there has been nothing amiss that has been found by rick scotts only depar...