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Either freeze their nuclear weapons and missile program or get rid of it entirely? >> again, we dont hold a lot of cards here. the smart play is change negotiations. denuclearization talks are all about stages and sequences. they do something to materially restrict their nuclear missile programs, they get a benefit. then you move on to the next stage. but each stage has to be mutually verifiable and each stage has to move to the next level. so when you get into later stages, you can put a peace ...

Dont know what re-entry technology theyve achieved. >> andrea mitchell, host of andrea mitchell reports weekdays at noon. remarkable time to be covering this stuff. i feel grateful to be your colleague with your depth of knowledge on this stuff. >> certainly mutual. thank you. i will say the last point andrea was making in terms of what the north koreans still have to prove with various tests and everything, i mean, it has been the dream of north korean leaders for decades now that they would ...

Weekdays at noon. remarkable time to be covering this stuff. i feel grateful to be your colleague with your depth of knowledge on this stuff. >> certainly mutual. thank you. i will say the last point andrea was making in terms of what the north koreans still have to prove with various tests and everything, i mean, it has been the dream of north korean leaders for decades now that they would advance their missile programs so much so that the united states would be forced to acknowledge them as ...

Collapse? >> well, north korea has very good rational reasons to keep its nuclear weapons. they help keep them safe, they complicate u.s. deterrence planning. >> its whats gotten them to the table, if they didnt have this, why would we be discussing things like this on this level? >> right, we certainly wouldnt think of north korea as such a major threat to the united states. so really, kim jong-un thinks of his nuclear weapons for deterrence. you know, thats a valid perception. and hes not goin...

In this race you have the republican and the democrat basically saying they agree with the presidents decision to levy those steel hatariffs. this is a race with a razor thin margin with both sides looking for clues on what it might mean if anything for the midterm elections. >> good points as usual, thank you so much, geoff benefit. the president is tweeting about his meeting with north korea, writing chinese president xi jinping told me he appreciates that the u.s. is working to solve the pr...

North korea uses this to advance its missile programs. weve got to break the cycle. illinois congressman adam kinzinger is a republican and joins us now. congressman, good to have you on here this morning. do you agree with what you just heard there, the house foreign affairs committee saying its a result of the sanctions, that is why kim wants to meet with our president? >> 1000%. back when all this began to might remember the tough talk from president trump and the left was kind of going crazy...

Are all about phases. you move step by step. if they make a material progress towards limiting their nuclear and missile programs, they get a cookie. each step needs to be veri verifiable. each step needs to be mutually acceptable and each step needs to aim at the next step so you dont lose momentum. thats a very heavy lift and hard to do in two months. >> when you have the presidents of two countries who have never met face to face, you have them sit down for a meeting like this, and it fails, ...

Be false hope -- >> hopefully, well go in the very peaceful, beautiful path. we are prepared to go whichever path is necessary. >> reporter: the mercurial north korean leader has spent the last two years accelerating his nuclear and missile programs, eliciting this kind of response. >> they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power. >> reporter: while north korea dispatched a so-called charm offensive to the olympics last month, at the dmz, a recent reminder of the tension. now, this is ho...

Defenses against north koreas nuclear and missile programs. also coming up from the plague of ebola to the plague of corruption voters in sierra leone on the eve of a national election. these so called us weve never seen theyve created a classic split or crazy with a leak is using everybody soon every question. oh we begin the day with north koreas shocking yes to possibly no nukes after rare talks between north and south korean officials the north has sent a message for the united states we are...

Community and analyze photographs, videos, build computer models to understand foreign nuclear weapons and missile programs. >> can you learn that much from open source material? >> its incredible. the open source has way more information than intelligence communities had, say, 40 or 50 years ago. you can learn a ton. when the north koreans do a missile launch, they release images and videos and we can figure out where the missile was launched, how big the missile is, how fast its taking off and...