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Would allow -- it would bypass the dollar for food and humanitarian -- for food and medicine. so far, it has not been successful. do you get the sense from your european counterparts theyre trying to do what it will take to make this mechanism succeed? >> they have been -- i should say that they have been rather slow. it took them more than a year to establish such a mechanism. the establishment of this mechanism is a good thing. but it is not sufficient. they have to hurry up, they have to put ...

>> i really dont, fareed. i think that -- first of all, listen to the iranian ambassador, i did have to laugh when he said that coercion and diplomacy dont go together. coersive diplomacy is how iran has pursued the interests in iran, lebanon and syria so theyre the experts at coercive diplomacy. vis-a-vis what trump has done is create real pain and pressure on the iranian government. we have basically choked off the oil exports which are the primary source of income for that country. so trump h...

Optimistically than the other? >> i really dont, fareed. i think that -- first of all, listen to the iranian ambassador, i did have to laugh when he said that coercion and diplomacy dont go together. coersive diplomacy is how iran has pursued the interests in iran, lebanon and syria so theyre the experts at coercive diplomacy. vis-a-vis what trump has done is create real pain and pressure on the iranian government. we have basically choked off the oil exports which are the primary source of inco...

About trump, the ease for the iranians to give something to trump the individual and get some relief from the sanctions that are really crippling their government and forcing them to respond in ways that are dangerous for them in the region and dangerous for them internationally they have been so reluctant to break out of this iranian deal even though the americans have pulled out. its crippling them domestically because theyre risk averse. if youre risk averse you need to find a way to actually...

They shut down the government and she ended up with senator schumer and others to get the deal they should have got before he shut the government down. but one of the things helpful here again is just doing this earlier. there was another bill that maybe we would have had leverage on -- so we could have attached it to. but im not criticizing her in any way. because i think she was simply standing up for trying to get a compromise, which is very, very difficult to do right now in this era of dona...

Are not going to achieve the goal of maximum pressure. we are going to make those chinese banks decide, do you want to have access to the u.s. dollar banking system globally, or do you want to keep doing business with north korea? i want them to have to choose. im sure i know what joys they will make. that is designed to increase the economic pressure on kim. so, the goal for these financial institutions to do business with kim or the united states, not both. >> thats right. should the sanctions...

President to merge from peace house we expect we are going to hear from a him again, and get his take on what has just taken place there. but it is certainly historic, it has the possibility of bringing about a fruitful relationship between the united states, and north korea, as well as north korea and south korea. but a lot depends on how kim jong-un responds to this overture from the president. gordon, any way to handicap what kim is likely to do here? >> i think the more important thing jon i...

South korea and north korea. is a lot of things going on between the two countries. some which the u.s. to agree with because it may undercut the leverage there. if you get the three together, they might say look, we got to get this back on track. we are looking for denuclearization of the korean peninsula. president will likely make the case again to kim jong-un. if you hear cheering in the back, theres a baseball diamond across the street from me. its been going with games all day. have korea ...

You were making a point of this all day long, jim. the president was going after the news media, for its coverage of how things have been going between the president, kim jong-un. what he wants is the presence of these talks. the fact he is meeting with kim jong-un, to count as substance and progress. as we know, watching this president for some time and watching the president with kim jong-un on three different occasions, he governs by spectacle. he hopes that will result in leverage of who he ...

Then im confused because on the other hand you say its a big win for kim jong un not as much for president trump? >> right, this is a process as everybody says and at the end of the process, arthel, north korea gives up weapons, then no one will complain about what happened today, but if kim doesnt give up his weapons, people will look back at a day like today and theres been days like this and say these were missteps, so really up to president trump to use american leverage which has and able t...