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Perspective. id much rather be on balance where we were than where we were a few months ago. it looked like we were heading toward war and conflict with north korea, now at least were talking. diplomacy, peace, denuclearization. so thats good. but whats bad is this, north koreas made commitments before, far more detailed than the very, very loose commitments we heard today and reneged on them promptly thereafter. were not going to know for some time whether theres any there there, whether theres...

I think in negotiations, erin, its all about leverage. and we need leverage and part of s about being austere. and not giving in to kim jong-un and rewarding him. then you look at our allys relationship. n union and canada.artners are the largest investors, the european union. former ambassador to nato, canada and the 27 europeans. what happened in quebec was a disaster for the western alliance and frankly, appalling that an american president would be so critical of our closest friend and neigh...

Now, what is changed for this moment on the one hand it appears that the economic pressure north korea was facing with chinas help and china really has the most economic leverage, that that was working, that that pushed north korea into a corner they wanted to talk and were willing to suspend tests, et cetera. that is different on the positive side. the other different thing is north korea has achieved as david said that great ambition of them for years was to be a nuclear power. they are a nucl...

As possible outcomes came to fruition. so it leaves everybody scratching their heads. >> and it leaves pompeo now with the hard task. all the details. >> hes always been the presidents point person on this. he is going to be the nexus for the next meeting. its not going to be trump and kim again next week, at least we dont think it is right now. but it will be pompeo who now has to pick up the ball and run with it. the president sought to make a case for all the things that the u.s. had gotten o...

>> that is the president revealing a concession to kim jong-un. stopping what he calls war games with south korea. the president holding court for more than an hour in the h historic summit meeting. lets bring in josh rogin and david rhode. david, when he talks about the war games which are joint military exercises with the democratic ally, south korea, he said south korea wasnt paying its fair share. this is a concession. no question he gave to the north koreans. >> it is enormous concession. i...

Unfortunate. >> neil: whether the tariff reonse or tough trade response is the way to go, it has people up to the idea that some people dont play fair with us. net-net when it comes to canada, we still end up with the better part of the deal. but it has a wakened people to the fact that theres some rigging going on, even among friends. how does this all gettled? >> tdent is trying to use the threat of tariffs as leverage. i think the trick of tariffs is fine, but the goal is not to raise trade b...

After the meeting but all that is on the table because what we want to see is a denuclearization and thats what isolated north korea and they talked about human rights abuses as well but denuclearization is the top priority and i think when you saw secretary of state pam -- pompeo with tools to ensure that happens. first of all we have imposed the sanctions president has been using and congress signed in law sanctions being used to pressure and increase leverage against north korea that hopefull...

The leverage to actually get with the president is asking for. not only the two fillers which are support, border security and a permanent fix for dreamers, but a four-color solution. hes got to sell that to the rest of our conference and have to be willing to pick up a bill and as of now we dont have us to make an agreement yet. >> martha: i thought i hea you got a say yout you had the 218, that they were going to come around. are they being pressured by paul ryan or kevin mccarthy not to get o...

>> well, i havent heard what president moon said. they were disappointed there was not a small step forward on denuclearization. what is worrisome to the south, the announcement without coordinating with the south koreans or with the pentagon that hes going to suspend the military exercises, which are critical for keeping forces at a high level of readiness so that we can go into action if theres a north korean aggression. so that i think squandered some of our leverage that pompeo will head and...

Month or two. jillian: we will have to cut this short if we see donald trump walked to the podium because we are waiting for him to speak. we will keep you updated on that but in the meantime you heae a second ago saying all the people agree athis point you still have to go forward you feel?y optimistic, how do >> we need to be optimistic. to where we are right now, much better than anyone ever thought it would be and that is important. the united states has a lot of leverage to apply to north k...