demarcation line. reporter: two u.s. officials telling nbc news he faced disciplinary action in south korea and was supposed to be leaving the country. another official said military police escorted him as far as they could go, an airport checkpoint. he then tagged along a commercial tour to the demilitarized zone and made the dangerous crossing. he ll certainly be detained in that area initially, and then probably taken to an interrogation facility. reporter: we were in north korea at the dmz in 2017, seeing for ourselves the tense militarized border. we re not allowed to stay here for very long. reporter: a u.s. official tells nbc news escorts from the tour tried to chase the soldier but didn t catch him . in 2017, a north korean soldier was shot multiple times as he dashed across the line to defect to the south. he had to be dragged in darkness to safety. that same year, u.s. hostage otto warmbier,
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it was a very productive two days, but sometimes you have to walk. i wish we could have gotten a little bit further, but i m very i m optimistic. reporter: there were good signs early. kim jong-un keeping denuclearization on the table. translator: if i m not willing to do that i won t be here right now. reporter: but after many pleasantries on camera, talks in private did not lead to any break-through. a working lunch and signing ceremony that had been on the schedule never happened. an abrupt end to talks overnight with the white house saying no agreement was reached at this time. but the respective teams look forward to meeting in the future. the president did make one stunning headline letting kim off the hook for the death of american hostage otto warmbier. those prisons are rough. they re rough places. he tells me that he didn t know about it and i will take him at his word. reporter: the summit itself largely overshadowed by testimony back home. i know what mr. tr
about what happened to otto warmbier where he was killed, obviously, or at least to a vegetative state in custody. and i m just wondering if that s plausible. listen, an american kid, a 20 something was taken hostage by north korea, sent home brain dead where he soon after died. north korea is a serial abuser of human rights. it kills dissidents at home and abroad in numerous ways and for a u.s. president with the death of an american, a young american, to not hold the north korean leader accountable is remarkable. this is not the first time this president has done that. today he said takes kim s word, takes him at his word that he s not responsible. he said in hell sink i can that he takes vladimir putin s word that russia did not interfere in the election despite u.s. intelligence assessments, you know, the opposite of that. with the murder, the brutal
and it s been something of a question mark as to why south korea was not more involved. i mean, you had south korea releasing a statement after the collapse of these talks saying that they were perplexed. they clearly had not been kept abreast of things. and a similar results at the last summit in singapore when the president summarily suspended u.s./south korea military exercises apparently without consulting south korea. so now perhaps somewhat belatedly bringing south korea into a more central role here should have already been the case, you can argue. but, it also shows the president who might be acknowledging that he needs help. that the personal relationship, the art of the deal not enough to get the two sides close and to get to the u.s. to where it wants to be. jim, i just want to touch on what michelle ka sins decide reported and that is the otto warmbier episode where president trump was asked if he confronted kim jong-un. and he said he believes that kim jong-un didn t kno