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Really following up on what governor richardson says that north korea has already gotten a lot of concessions like the very fact that this summit is being held. what do you think kim wants out of this day or so in singapore? >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimization and even more important that means he solidifies role at home. we are going to see pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so, you know, president trum...

Their nuclear missile program, not contain it, and i think hes got north korea and chinas attention. >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimate and even more important that means he solidifies his rule at home. we will see those pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so you know, president trump gives up a lot of leverage as soon as he shakes hands with kim. >> to gordons point there at the end, at the beginning of thi...

Really following up on what governor richardson says that north korea has already gotten a lot of concessions like very fact that this summit is being held. what do you think kim wants out of this day or so in singapore? >> certainly kim wants the photographs of him shaking hands with president trump because thats legitimization and even more important that means he solidifies role at home. we are going to see pictures of trump and kim for decades in north korea. so, you know, president trump gi...

Reaction as we head into the meetings on tuesday. your expectations familiar with the korean peninsula. the discussion that weve had in weeks past, certainly different now because theres a more pleasant tone heading into tuesday. whats your reaction? >> this is a good first step. i listen to the rhetoric that the president loses leverage a few shakes hand with kim jong un. i think the supreme leader will lose leverage by shaking hands of the american president threatening a military action if th...

To be tough here in north korea which gives the president leverage. >> where and how does china play in that? will we be hearing from them this week? >> you saw key meetings take place between kim jong ahead of the summit and that is to give some leverage in these meetings. if the president walks away, that is not a bad thing. you cant make these concessions. you can give them what they wanted. they wanted the every india. if we lost away from the iran deal come with a bus in leverage to north k...

We are putting a lot of focus on this meeting in singapore. arthel: as represented in this photo posted by german chancellor angela merkels camp. there was clearly somecontentio. now you have this twitter feud with canadian prime minister justin trudeau and president trump. does this affect leverage on the level going into the summit with kim jong-un? >> its important for the u.s. team to make that differentiation. there is also some issues in between the bilateral rips between president trump a...

He as been trying to -- is that a sane or wise strategy going into these talks? do you think the new yorkans will have done their due part? >> they planned all of this starting from the new years eve message through the olympics to this. so i think they have it on a road. thats not to say if youre using your gut you cant prevail, because we have much more leverage, but the point is we should have had a commitment from thenoicance to do the things that are necessary before we even have the summit...

Some of its footprint and the americans want to see denuclearization on this. what does the u.s. have in terms of leverage to get what it wants? what does north korea have to get what it wants? >> well, what the u.s. -- the biggest leverage the united states has is economic sanctions. >> right. >> what kim jong-un wants more than anything else is he wants economic sanctions to be eased off, ideally to be removed so that his economy can begin to recover. his country has been essentially under sie...

Leverage to play the allies off each other. thats not in americas interest and is part of the broader process of american retrenchment perspective. >> and from the prospect that you so important ly said, the focus is on north korea and kim jong-un. president trump is about to arrive on the left-hand of your screen there at the singapore air force base in what we believe to be a handful of moments, as once said. well go to late evening here. trump said hell know in the first minute if something g...

Verification would be exceptionally difficult. from their perspective, the question is, are there very limited vague claims as dr. terry mentioned? i think its plausible we get symbolic steps. will the president hold them to the strict standards of verification for these measures? and then what is the president willing to give up in exchange for a vague promise? im highly concerned that the president doesnt appropriately classify what counts as a concession in these circumstances. there are some...