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Remember the primary interest is stability on the peninsula. if they start to understand that north korea is destabilizing to the region they may be willing to coordinate with us in deterring north korea from aggressing. general dunfords veft to beijing in the north of china this month -- or earlier in august was a good sign that this coordination could occur. thats something we need to explore. we cant get there if we are still going for broke on denuclearization. >> all right. adam joining us ...

Proceed unless north korea expresses the willingness or takes action to freeze its nuclear program and ultimately denuclearize. is that a fools errand? >> i think denuclearization is an important long-term goal. >> is it realistic? >> i think we should think of it as a long-term goal, not as a short-term solution. the short-term priorities are in deterrence and defense, strengthening american alliances. if they focused too much on denuclearization they are starting to overlook the near-term impe...

What is your expectation in terms of a response from beijing in light of this possible sixth nuclear test and after the sanctions passed by the u.n. that china signed on to enforce vigorously. >> china does sign on to a new u.n. sanction when there is a missile test, especially a nuclear test. we can expect they will reconvene the council and push for a tough new resolution. we should be skeptical of whether or not that economic pressure forces the north korean regime to behave in ways that we w...

Members of his military as he visited the glass encased coffins of his grandfather and his father to pay what the north koreans said was the humblest of respects. meantime, in south korea, people got up, had breakfast and went to work and opened up the newspaper. it wasnt kim jong-un on the cover, no, it was psy and the release of his new single. the media here came under a little criticism because of the way that they have described these lavish celebrations in north korea at a time when so man...

Them saying it was not at all the type of thing that they should be saying on a day like this. meantime there still is some focus on mr. kerrys trip here. it is thought to have been a very positive trip. and especially some of the comments that he made in japan. >> we need to make it clear that they have to move towards the denuclearization, they need to stop the threat. they need to stop the missile test, stop the nuclear tests. and were prepared to come to the table under the meeting of the ob...

Listen, -- >> what i simply did was repeat that we are open to talks. but the conditions have to be met where the north has to move towards denuclearization, indicated seriousness in doing so by reducing these threats, stop the testing, and indicate its prepared to actually noesh on denuclearization. those are the conditions and thats what we need to see met. >> the question is, whats going to be the response? were waiting and watching to see if theres going to be anything that happens on that f...

>> conservative groups in south korea are, you know, adamantly opposed to the north korean regime, and they remember some of the hardships that have been imposed upon them as a result. they dont necessarily want to even see negotiations with the north. they prefer to see the regime toppled. and north korea was very bitter in response to some of the criticism that it has faced. brooke? >> jim, let me ask you about secretary kerry, you know, has listed the conditions in which the u.s., possibly th...

Listen. >> what i simply did was repeat that we are open to talks, but the conditions have to be met where the north has to move towards denuclearization, indicate seriousness in doing so by reducing these threats, stop the testing and indicate its prepared to actually negotiate on denuclearization. those are the conditions and thats what we need to see met. >> reporter: now, the north has said that its still attached to that nuclear program, brooke, and what we see right now is the two sides ar...

Be constructive and urge more dialogue with with the key parties. -- dialogue with the key parties here. here in south korea, it is ba c basically reaction is a bit rocky, but still positive at the blue house which is equal to the white house in south korea. they say really because there is a strong relationship with donald trump and kim jong-un, this will happen. denuclearization will happen. foundations are strong they say. they quoted a proverb. if the foundation is strong, it means the build...

Ambassadors and a nuclear negotiator arrived on sunday. the group expected to lay the ground work for a proposed summit with north korean leader kim jong un, set to take place in just over two weeks. the white house striking a hopeful tone over the weekend, just days after president trump withdrew from the summit. >> a lot of people are working on it. its moving along very nicely, so were looking at june 12th in singapore. it hasnt changed, and its moving along well. well see what happens. >> re...