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Of hostility between the two countries. >> there were obstacles in our way but we overcame all of them. >> immediately after the first photo op, the two met one-on-one, the only people in the room where the interpreters. thats unheard of for a meeting of this magnitude. then after 45 minutes i brought in the rest of their team. for president trump, that meant john pompeo, and bolton, who is known for having a particularly volatile relationship with the north koreans. president trump said he had ...

Peninsula, thats good for us to get towards a second step if we dont do the next. >> melissa: probably the easiest give up all the things we could put out there. in the meantime, the presidents historic moment getting a lot of juniors and seniors in the mainstream media. "the washington post" writing kim jong un may be considered the worlds greatest human rights abuser and a totalitarian collector of nuclear weapons but as they met for the first time here tuesday, trump declared himself honored....

Only about one thing, how am i translating these words are that are spoken. theyre not trained. its not their position, their job to thinking howm i going to read out the national security adviser and the secretary of state over what was discussed. so the concern here is that donald trump and kim jong-un probably not the two most trustworthy people in the world are the only people who are going to know what is discussed in this, besides the interpreters. and that is -- thats a t whole reason why...

Just odd? >> well, there are a few places i could go here. one, you always have a note taker for a simple reason. even when obama was alone in the room whether with whoever it might have been, putin, anybody else. reason y a note taker is there is clarity on what was agreed to and what wasnt. there is a huge risk that donald trump and kim jong-un could walk out of that discussion with very different ideas of what they lad just talked about or what they just agreed to. the note taker is the that ...

That we already have the photo op that is what kim jong un ultimately wanted. >> let me bring in some perspective. a fellow author to all you guys here who have written books, historian, michael beschloss is here with us in our new york studios. michael, i just would like you to react to the conversation but more importantly what weve heard, what weve seen from halfway around the world in the last few minutes. >> well, for starters, you know, brian, one of the things you always ask is what is di...

End of this day, like at 4:00 our time here in the morning 4:00 there in the afternoon. they are chatting, but theyre doing in plain sight on purpose, i would guess, because they had been behind closed doors. now they have come out where they know the cameras are on them. they want this to be seen. now they are chatting i guess with their interpreters. and now theyre walking out onto the platform. apparently to say something here. this is interesting. this wasnt necessarily planned. now, they ha...

This is an msnbc special report. the united states/north korea nuclear summit. here now areacow and brian wi >> and good evening. we are one hour away from a history-making moment in singapore, the first time a sitting american president has agreed to meet with the head of north korea. by loose definition, were looking at a millennial and a man in his 70s. both have nuclear weapons, though both are from markedly different places. the president has chosen to take a risk this evening and begin wit...

Again it is not about staff. its not about experts. itsbout relationship. and so we saw at the beginning of this from handshake to time alone, as youve been describing tonight how its the interpreters, but just these leaders getting a sense of each other. the president has leaned heavily that heelt he could have a gut check moment with kim jong-un. he would be able to tell, and that relationship would be the thing he would leverage for any outcome for the united states. now, there are certainly ...

Them, what they agree, whether pompeo likes it or not, whether bolton likes it or not, theyre going to have to sign off on this. this is going to have to come down to the two leaders. i think its interesting that pompeo is there, but i think his presence is balanced off -- sorry, that bolton was there, but his presence is balanced off by pompeo who is not a super hawk. so, i think those are, you know, well try to read the tea leaves there. but i think what it comes down to is basically what thes...

Dismantle the nuclear weapons program. >> thank you for coming in. >> thanks. mike my call of texas. up next, breaking news, the high sti -- high stakes between president trump and kim jong-un only hours away and will the two impulsive leaders will start their own summit without advisers present. only interpreters. and after bliing attacks, is americas relationship with the closest allies come ago part at the seams? ♪ ♪ keep your most valuable insights hidden from your competitors. the ibm...