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To want to do whatever russia wants. >> thats the big question. no one seems to know why that is but i will say that one concern that ive been seeing is that trump wont want to blow up two summits in a row, so is that going to give kim jong-un more leverage as trump walks into this summit because hes going to want some kind of success and victory after he became, you know, the pariah in terms of our g7. is he going to walk into that meeting determined to make something happen and will that give ...

But his father and his grandfather would love to have had. they wanted the respect of the united states and a meeting with the u.s. president. its kim jong-un whos got it. i think, alex, finally, we can now say surely kim is out of international isolation. no longer the pariah of the world but a world leader now, or at least an asian leader, who the world appears to be queueing up to meet. alex? >> indeed, having met with both the heads of china, south korea, and with an invitation to meet with ...

Does it mean for the region? that is the big question mark, whether its on issues of human rights or on issues of trade, more -- more practically speaking. i think there are big question marks. >> lindsay, as we wrap this up, who comes out the winner here? is it very easy for north korea to come out a winner here? does china come out the winner no matter what happens? >> i think, unfortunately, its hard to see how kim jong-un doesnt come out of this situation with a stronger hand than he went in...

Heels with the meeting he had with president xi, with south koreas leader as well as the lavrov of russia. what do you think is going on here? is he trying to raise his stature in advance of the world summit? >> in the case of assad it would be the first head of state to meet kim in pyongyang. it would be a first. its also the totalitarian club. you have the worlds last totalitarian, kim jong-un, meeting with an international pariah, assad. kim is sending a signal to the americans if you think t...

Been destroyed after all. a spy chief accused of human rights abuses 90 minutes of one-on-one face time in the oval office. >> kim jong-un is on a roll. one of his top lieutenants, a man believed to have a lot of south korean blood on his hands and who led a major cyber attack on the u.s. met in the oval office with president trump and, in a remarkable moment, got a handshake from the president. >> amazing turnaround in events. >> all the more amazing considering less than six months ago this vi...

Who had a letter for him from the north korean leader. very prominent there. this is in its effort to make sure the summit stays on track. in that is the trump administration ignoring north koreas history of human rights abuse? cnns brian todd has details for us here. >> reporter: kim jong-un is on a roll. one of his top lieutenants, a man believed to have a lot of south korean blood on his hands and who led a major cyberattack on the u.s., met in the oval office with trump and in a remarkable m...

The oval office with president trump. and in a remarkable moment, got a handshake from the president. >> this is an amazing turnaround in events. >> reporter: all the more amazing considering that less than sick months ago this violent impulsive dictator was considered an international pariah. >> at the end of 2017, kim jung-un was a leader who hadnt even met the president of china. and was very reclusive, much like his grandfather and his father. and really lived up to the monday i any kerr lea...

To meet with kim jong-un ahead of the summit. what is the significance of that? what role does russia play in all of this? >> i think russia plays a huge role. the chinese and the russians dont want to be left out of the party. theyre meeting kim jong-un. theyre giving him that additional international legitimacy when he meets with president trump. and also at the same time theyre talking about siding with the north koreans on how any nuclear deal would progress. it doesnt have to be up front. y...

This? you wonder what russias saying to north korea amid the negotiations on the summit. >> what are the russians doing? on the one hand, they want to be involved in the part of the process. they dont want to be left out. just like the chinese. but they also -- north korea needs an ally. you even saw the russian foreign minister talking about, well, this shouldnt be done all at once. this should be action for action. exactly like the north koreans want. so theyre going to be almost a surrogate i...

An hour and 22 minutes inside the oval office, the former spy chief, one of the closest confidantes of kim jong-un on the same day justin trudeau is told canada say national security threat. its been 18 years since a north korean official has even gotten into the white house and yet here trump is very publicly embracing him. >> its really quite baffling. youll not hear me say this too often. i agree 100% with mitch mcconnell. by a lot of signs, trump wants something here too much. i think when t...