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Fareed, how much do you think the location of this summit matter? is the dmz a good idea, as the president seems to be indicating? >> there are two ways to think about these summits. one would be a place where you have an extended negotiation. for that the dmz is a terrible idea, because what you really need is a place like geneva or paris, a place where you have lots of hotels, people can regroup, it can go on for a long time. thats a long negotiating process. this doesnt seem like that. this s...

So far. >> there is evidence that kim jong-un knows how to manipulate in general. he laid an interesting groundwork here in the negotiations. has he made it harder for president trump to be tough, to go back and say little rocket man, to, you know, say were going to fire our missiles at you on the first strike, we might do it. has he cornered the president in a way? >> absolutely. and trump played into that by saying that kim is going to denuclearize, that, you know, hes honorable, that, you kno...

Korean war, the armistice agreement. they want sanctions lifted. they will want us to reduce our forces from south korea. they may want a marshal plan. like a bunch of money that the father wanted in the clinton agreement and bush agreement. nuclear reactors, food. its a very poor country. i think what is achievable is some kind of reduction of tensions that involves a little give on both sides. if we expect total denuclearization, you know, shep, they have 20 to 40 nuclear weapons. theyre not g...

World or killed, half a million people killed. if he want america great, then act great. either ep power the u.n. to lead a negotiating process, russia has the same envoy since 2012 in syria. america, changes its policy every single day. >> we have no ambassador or secretary of state. trump did manage -- not alone, he had britain and france with him. is that meaningful and does it mean that there could be a u.n. process? i was talking about this yesterday, where is the move to simply isolate syr...

We certainly heard from am bass do haley. what levers are will evident. you look at whats happened up to this point. what does the path forward look like. >> that is the big question. what is the path forward if theres going to be regime change, as john bolden would like to see, what is syria after assad looked like. there was effort in the obama administration to bring ink multiple parties to the table, to have that diplomatic discussion. thats part of using all of the tools in the national sec...

Say there is eminent domain to consider, youre talking with ranchers, what did they tell you about that issue? >> some of the ranching community is split but the majority seem to be in favor of a wall because every day they are facing turmoil from what they call, especially mr. chilton, call people coming across "the druggers" ." 15 years ago he said it was people who were coming to work and get jobs for their family, now hes seeing influence of the cartels, and when you look at human traffickin...

Process, a negotiating process that results from the summit meeting. trust being built between the two countries that is almost nonexistent. point the negotiations in the right direction. you know, maybe it will be a big photo-op if it is a photo-op that leads to serious negotiations, less distress. it is going to be worth it in y view. ive been dealing with this issue for years. ive been there eight times. cant be any worse right now, so i applaud the president for agreeing to the summit. but ...

Years. talking is not the answer. he humiliated his own secretary of state, rex tillerson, for his diplomatic efforts, tweeting that tillerson was wasting his time. so what changed this week? well, its not clear. the charitable interpretation would be that the south korean government received assurances that the north was serious about talks to eliminate its arsenal. lets be clear. north korea has announced no concessions, no reversal of its arsenal, no denuclearization, let alone any actions. w...

Military action less likely is very positive for them if it can lead to a negotiating process, even better. at the same time, theyve got to be very concerned about the possibilities of a trade war, not just the steps taken, but the steps that might be taken, and that could influence their willingness to be helpful. and third, theres probably a bit of resentment that north korea met with the u.s. president before the meeting with the chinese president. thats absolutely extraordinary. >> and the t...

With some of them. third, dont be provoked. the worst outcome is if they start trading insults and it becomes a race to the bottom. fourth, stick with your plan. dont try to solve everything. because that can be dangerous. remember, reagan at retgorbache. understand that youre not here to work out the details to come up with common definitions. try to get a plan for a negotiating process. >> sue mi terry, its still quite possible this wont happen. trumps own national security council seems to be...