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Abby: major progress with north korea. the communist country putting its missile testing on hold. >> theres no question this is unprecedented. you have to have that iron fist and a velvet glove. and guess what? its worked. its brought kim to the table. ed: the dnc decided to sue the trump campaign, sue russia, and sue weeks. >> to come and make up these excuses why they lost is pa they thing. they had a bad message. they had a bad candidate. they are the ones that colluded with the russians. ed:...

Insurance policy, right? thats the great equalizer that he believes puts his country on equal footing with some of the biggest super powers across the world. so the fact that kim jong-un is now signaling a pause in his missile testing, you see the president is welcoming that, calls it a great step, a big step. one of the reasons why is because ever since the president caught nearly everybody off guard on march 8th when he accepted this invitation from kim to meet, white house officials have been...

Its simple. easy. awesome. welcome back. kim jong-un announcing a suspension of north koreas nuclear and long range missile testing, also saying he will shut down a nuclear test site. kim said the tests are no longer needed because the country has already met its nuclear objectives. it comes ahead of two historic summits, one next week with south koreas president, and a planned face-to-face with president trump. now trump welcomed kims announce the, tweeting -- this is very good news for north...

Times, and you are surrounded by propaganda selling the nuclear program. there are images of missiles striking the united states. the nuclear program has given kim jong-un legitimacy in the eyes of his up people. but now, hes telling his people that the nuclear program has completed and that things are going to change. and this has never happened before. is the change really going to happen? now theres so much more riding on this summit, the meeting between him and president trump. what can the ...

Do in a first meeting is in trying something they have had defacto since november. a please on nuclear testing and freeze on missile testing. the president would spin that this is on the way to denuclearization. the only issue is it also enshrines the current status quo, and the current status quo the president said is unacceptable because forecast tphoerbg has clearly got the range to reach some american territory. clearly now has probably 20 or so weapons. so they have to move beyond that. >> ...

>> he cant conduct nuclear testing. hes got to stop the missile testing that hes been hard at for the last years. lets got to continue to allow us to perform our militarily necessary exercises on the peninsu peninsula. then hes got to make sure he leaves on the table that discussion for denuclearization. these are conditions that the north korean regime has never submitted to in exchange for conversations. >> melissa: those are the things that theyre, you know, saying theyre going to do now. how...

When you heard this breaking thursday night, did you think this was a good move? >> i think you have to put it in the context of why it might have some advantages. number one, the cessation of nuclear testing and missile testing. thats a positive. as slim as the odds may be, theres always a slight chance that something constructive could come out of it. but theres a third reason that not too many folks are discussing and that is having this kind of meeting checks off one more box on a list calle...

Missile testing, nuclear testing. >> theres no question these sanctions are working. thats whats brought them to the table. these are conditions the north korean regime has never admitted to in exchange for conversation. president trump isnt doing this for theater. hes going to solve a problem. >> bill: senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palcot on the scene. has there been any talk from north korea about the meeting? >> reporter: not quite yet. we just checked a feed of the north korean s...

Stipulated to. they cannot engage in missile testing or nuclear testing and cant object to the planned military exercises. >> you dont want to sit down with the leader of north cree and give him that victory unless you put the ground work in. unless your diplomats have negotiated things. what does this do to our alliances? what does it do to nonproliferation? dozens of meetings that need to happen before this. >> the u.s. still does not have an ambassador to south korea nominated by the presiden...