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Having a successful meeting like today? and i still love my first interview with you, david. i still have that interview, actually. go ahead. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] if there is a second summit with chairman kim jong-un would it be in pyongyang or washington. >> we havent set that up. ll probably need another summit or meeting, we can use a different term but well probably need another one. i will say this, much further along than i would have thought. ive told , i dont want build pe...

Summit with preside trump and this is an issue in which president moon has invested very heavily, both personally and politically. hes been trying to navigate this delicate balance of loyalties to both the united states and to north korea and the process that they started last -- in april. theres also some domestic pressures that he needs to answer to. there are local elections here tomorrow, and moons partys credibility is riding on this north korean issue. hes also facing the issues face anyth...

Forces on the peninsula. >> i wanted to ask you, you know, this is sort of happening in a void of a state department that has been largely sort of diminished and/or gutted and in that sort of frame, what happens now if kim goes back, kim jong un goes back and givers a fiery speech or puts out aer one of these videos? what happens then when we dont have an ambassador who could reach out, we dont have a state department that can step in and deescalate that situation? >> this goes to the fundamenta...

Korean president moon jae-in was among the last to k at that point his officials at first said, we want to know exactly what it is that president trump means, so were getting the same sort of response this time. they seem to be learning things on the go. there hasnt been a lot of communication to -- in the weeks leading up to this. there was a phone call yesterday between president trump and president moon and, of course, there will be a visit of secretary of state mike pompeo here tomorrow in o...

Is that president trump can sometimes treat long-time allies and hoping that theyre going to gain more out of this process toward a nuclear dealhan -- and hope that they arent going to be on the losing end of it. >> janice, really quickly, ive been seeing some reports on-line that the south korean blue house, obviously the executive there, the president at this moment, the meaning and intention of president trumps remarks requires more clear understanding. i assume that is in reference to the an...

Kim jong un. were just going to see if hes -- i think seems like hes thanking some reporters on his that news conference lasted just about an hour. he started off with some opening kmens and then took some questions. and in doing so, really addressed a lot of the concerns that a lot of the reporters had, a lot of the critics. he talked about this being a comprehensive document, said there was a first step to a bold and brightfuture. talked about what this new chapter in history means between the...

Lets clear this up, lets have a peace treaty, let there be no war, but you know, legally in terms of an international document it is a bit more complicated than that, so theyve kicked that can down the road and remember, we were thinking that at the end of this summit there might be some kind of announcement of a peace treaty or an endo the war. as far as we can see at the minute that hasnt happened. >> thanks so much for joining us. then theres the question ayman really of the human rights viol...