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Operating in and the current environment. theres so much hostility towards the president and what hes trying to do from democrats in congress. that what i fear is even if there is an agreement that comes forward that presents some actual achievements and accomplishments moving forward maybe democrats still oppose it, that would be very unfortunate. >> shannon: what about south korean buying because they have different interests, some aligned with ours and some that are very specific to their nat...

Keeping a close eye on the talks, the united states has 30,000 troops in south korea as the north wants them out but should we comply? heres an expert, doctor rebecca grant. thank you for joining us. and exciting day. lets take a look at the breakdown of those troops. you mentioned 30,000 total, army, navy, marine corps and air force. how could these talks impart our forces in south korea? >> reporter: this morning i see 0 impact from the hanoi talks on our forces in south korea. they have a slo...

Return to but we shouldnt just be making goals on denuclearization. our us policy and strategy toward north korea is much more complex. it involves pressing north korea on thornier issues including human rights issues but there 80,000 to 120,000 individuals in political prison camps today. it is time for donald trump to be bold on denuclearization and human rights. >> we spoke with one of the negotiators who participated in getting otto warmbier out yesterday talking about the human rights viola...

The war has to be ended. no one is attacking anyone. but other than that i think its -- its ended anyway. symbolic reasons. >> would it mean something for the people here? >> feel better, feel safer. >> from congressman kim present donna credits president trump for a lot of movement in korean diplomacy but a lot of people here say there still a lot of risks ahead. shannon. >> shannon: greg in seoul, thank you very much. what is the end game for this summit sequel? north koreas complete denuclear...

Wed ask you to be to spell out what you think should be a top goal for something the president should accomplish. well start with you. a tough road to hoe here. >> i would like to see more specificity after singapore. the singapore declaration was quite vague. i would like to see what other specific steps that kim jong un intends to commit to? it would be great if we could get a definition on denuclearization. with the actual steps he will take, verification is something i will talk more about, ...

Nuclear and missile arsenal. north korea has rejected that claim. so what we need to see his get this in writing. we need to have a common definition on what denuclearization is. if not global arms control. its denuclearization of north korea. we need to get north korean commitment to international standards of verification. we need to get them to commit to fully abandoning their arsenal and their production capabilities as well as very early on getting a data declaration of the programs. thats ...

Waters edge in the old days. i think it would be good if we just focused on the challenge at hand, which is dealing with kim jong un. >> shannon: s theres been a lot of talk about these incremental steps about building a relationship that the president now says he enjoys with kim, about getting some very basic steps forward. but the question always goes back to verification. no matter what the north koreans sit down at the table and say they are now willing to do, willing to commit to, how in th...

The first is to define whats new denuclearization means. that means on our part, explain exactly what we need. the second part is to have a roadmap to denuclearization and an agreement on that and the third is any kind of enrichment or advancement in north korea as we speak during those negotiations. >> as i moved to you, bringing up those goals that were the result of the singapore summit, these were the goals going into that, we just heard about some of them. continue that point and what do yo...

Expectations should be realistic. i think some of your guests and my former colleagues in the intelligence community have argued that its strange the logic that kim jong un would amass this capability only to barter them away for food and energy and integration into the world economy but thats what we are here to find out. the president and john boltons words as opening the door. he cant force kim jong un to walk through it but its there if kim jong un wants to take some tangible steps for denuc...

This has not been a presidency littered with them, but the talks, the negotiations with north korea do promise a great deal. so, you know, another handshake will certainly be something that both he and kim want. they both want a win from this summit, but i think the skeptics are there looking with a very b beady eye. there has to be more than a simple declaration that the korean war is finally at an end. remember, the korean war ended in 53 not with a peace treaty just with a cease-fire, with an...