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Protests turn deadly. The did he s the desperate need for aid grows. Words the pope used to describe abused children. Cnn newsroom starts now. Hello, everyone, im fredricka whitfield. President donald trump and north Koreas Kim Jongun gearing up for round two. The two men will have their second oneonone summit this time in vietnam. And denuclearization is still the big topic on hand. President trump is already setting up his pitch to kim jongun on twitter, saying this. Im quoting now. Chairman k...

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>> there is a lot going on domestically as the president embarks on this overseas trip, and one would think, given the possibility of robert muellers report likely going soon to the u.s. attorney general, and michael cohen, the presidents former fixer attorney, his testimony on the hill, that it might have been better for the president to stay home. or does the white house see this as an opportunity to control a narrative, perhaps even dictate or upstage any headlines? >> i think its clear that ...

The countries from around the world will make his economy one that looks more like south koreas economy than the one that exists in north korea today. ive had these conversations. ive been with chairman kim, i think, more hours now than anyone, including dennis rodman. weve had these conversations over an extended period of time. what director coats said is the history, and were hoping to move forward and change that history fundamentally. >> north korea wants the united states to end the declar...

Kim jong-un to meet potentially? >> on the dmz zone, thats fine, its modern now, its changed, i was there 23 years ago, it was really kind of backwards, now its modern and so forth and that might not be a bad idea. but thats up to the countries, find some way that either side has an advantage, because if one side thinks its being taken advantage of, theyre not going to negotiate so well. >> maybe its neutral. we will find out, werent we? ambassador max backus, appreciate your time. at crowne pla...

Demilitarized zone between the two countries. the talks are also expected to lay the ground work for an upcoming summit between north koreas kim jong-un and president donald trump. the president addressed that this morning tweeting this, quote, we are a long way from a conclusion on north korea, maybe things will work out, maybe they wont, but the work i am doing now should have been done a long time ago, end quote. he also addressed it on his way back from florida to washington today. >> all ri...

Chairman, max backus, their efforts hardly made a ripple. 20 years ago, it would have been different. now, theyre leaving. others are leaving congress, too. its happening in both parties. today, a look at the end of the legislative era by the numbers. today, 23 house members are retiring, 13 republicans, 10 democrats, a total of 248 terms of experience are leaving the capitol before next year. that doesnt count members of congress who are stepping down to run for another office. you have six com...

also this morning, times up for the face of afghanistans trials and many troubles, as afghanistan gets ready to pick a new leader. were going to go live to kabul for the latest. plus, hobby lobbying the pope. find out what a top health care antagonist told us that the pope told him about his companys supreme court case. happy friday from washington. its april 4th, 2014. this is "the daily rundown." well have more today of our interview with louisiana governor bobby jindal and his p...