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Never a part of conversation. there were three thing, stopping missile testing, stopping nuclear programs and allowing the military exercises to proceed. well see if that will continue to be the line for the white house. it looks like theyre looking for excuses to get out of this meeting. >> before it begins. we touched on this intro, xi jong un hadnt said anything about this. he loves to get out there and making provocative statements. >> i think kim jong-un shocked hump. i dont think he expect...

And he has agreed to watching and standing by as the us and south korea go ahead with their plan -- >> they say that is not doing it though. critics say it doesnt matter what he said, looking over the years. it backtracked and negotiations whether it was party talks or the deal 19/94 husband thinking that he will just have a history of violating anything they say. >> those discussions in the past, 25 years have been at lower levels. and the commitments were not very robust to begin with. these a...

Until south korea takes more concrete acs. >> theyve made promises to denuclearize, made promises to stop nuclear and missile testing. and were not going to have this meeting take place until we see concrete acs that match the words and rhetoric of north korea. >> is there a possibility that these talks with north korea, with kim jong-un may not happen? >> look, theyve got to follow through on the promises that theyve made, and we want to see concrete and verifiable action on that front. >> its ...

President tweeted this, "the deal with north korea is very much in the making and will be if completed a very good one for the world. time and place to be determined." >> joining us, senior fellow at the u.s. korea institute at johns hopkins. he was involved in north korea negotiations with the state department during the 1990s. thank you very much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> what do you believe will happen with these talks? do you think north korea has any intention of ag...

Translate? >> its going to take a the love steps to denuclearization before this summit meeting in may. i mean what the u.s. said all along that theyre looking for a period of quiet. kim jong-un has apparently from the south koreans offered to refrain from nuclear missile testing. i will note that there hasnt been any missile testing since november. theres a question of whether there is a period of quiet between now and then. i leave it to my esteemed colleague john who knows all about this abou...

Conditions need to be met first. >> they have made some major promises. theyve made promises to denuclearize. theyve made promises to stop nuclear and missile testing. were not going to have this meeting take place until we see concrete actions that match the words and the rhetoric of north korea. >> all right, joining me right now to discuss, cnns senior international correspondent ivan watson live from seoul, south korea. what has been the reaction about this potential meeting? >> so far, we h...

Meeting and commitment to refrain from the nuclear and missile testing, and you have to see that president trump today tweeted that noting that north korea has been suspending the nuclear missile tests for some months. we dont know a lot about it, and the south korea media has been saying it is more of a personal message, but president trump playing to the ego and playing to his leadership and you heard the south korean envoy when he came out portraying it that way, and president moon say saying...

Viewers. concerns arising over potential risks of president trumps face-to-face meeting with north korean leader kim joh kim jong . jillian turner has the day tailed. >> reporter: president trump is basking in the afterglow of yesterdays historic announcement. he tweeted this will be a good situation for the world, time and place to be determined. agreeing to talk is only the first step in what is guaranteed to be a long and risky process. senior officials are focused on reducing the risks by de...

Determined but agree to go talk is the very first step in what is guarantied to be a long and risky process. senior officials are already focused on reducing those risks by demanding concessions from pyongyang before president trump even sits down at the negotiating table. >> theyve promise today denuclearize, theyve promise today stop nuclear and missile testing and they recognized that we are going to continue in our military exercises. >> now, when the president does come facebook.com/booktv ...

Least according to south koreans that theyll be no more missile testing, no nuclear war head testing prior to the time that the meeting takes place, so there you have the main good things that come out of this. to go from there it all becomes unknown. we have after all had two different administrations negotiate two very different agreements with the north koreans in 1994, in the clinton administration in 2006 with the bush administration and six-party talks and obviously those didnt pan out and...