Page 9 - Peace Declaration News Today

>> what is on the table? >> oh, you really want me to discuss that now? >> i do. >> everything is on the table. >> okay. so, if drawing down u.s. troops in south korea is not on the table, its my understanding that the north koreans in their attempt to define what denuclearization is includes that particular fact -- they want u.s. troops out of south korea. so, to your point of whats nearly impossible, defining denuclearization, where does this go? >> well, thats a problem. the north koreans at ...

To continue to halt the nuclear testing and missile testing. theyre going to continue to halt and put a cap potentially on their nuclear miff program. just enough where hes going to be able to walk away and say declare victory. peace declaration saying we have formally ended the war. >> thats the thing. the white house in the last few days has been saying theyve been kind of tamping back a little bit that the possibility that there might be a peace declaration but in exchange for the united stat...

>> everything is on the table. >> everything on the table. obviously kim jong-un would love for sanctions to be dropped and the reduction of troops. what is on the table as far as the u.s. is concerned? >> i think we are willing to give a peace declaration to north korea to say the war is over. we might open a liaison office. we might allow south korea to get the emt unixemption. theres going to be easing of sanctions. were ready to macon sessions. he has lowered the bar. he said as long as ther...

Theyre talking about extend umbrella over south korea and our troops in south korea. when were talking about nukes, were obviously talking about nukes in north korea. we dont even have an agreed de definition on denuclearization? >> there a posnlt a definition might come out of this? >> i dont thing thats possible. they made it explicit what they mean. they mean u.s. troop presence in south korea, and umbrella. are we willing to scrap -- stop the alliance commitment we have with south korea? no,...

Typically in a nuclear negotiati negotiation, you start with that accounting. then you know what the other side will give up in any discussions of hemming in its nuclear program. >> theres concern that the administration may be thinking about giving up too much? >> reporter: this is coming from inside the white house that the president himself, his advisers privately raising concerns that the president could offer too much to kim at the summit, which he insisted upon after his first meeting in j...

A number of assessments. are they complying? are they doing what they said they would do? i bet the assessments are saying mr. president, they have not been complying. and thats undercuts the presidents core thesis about whats at stake here coming up. >> >> on that subject he was asked about last week and how hard it would be to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. >> i dont think this will be the last meeting by any chance but i think the relationship is very strong. i dont think the...

Their nuclear missile program even though they should be the starting point. i think we have a long road ahead of us. when you look at secretary pompeos recent videos, hes been focussed on north korea threat to mainland united states. that micks akes me wonder if ou focus is on intercontinental ballistic missile rather than the nuclear program, and he has also hinted he might ease sanctions. thats where north korea is looking for. they want easing of sanctions, peace declaration. they want end o...

And fury. >> reporter: got him talking like this. >> we fell in love. >> reporter: analysts caution the emboldened dictator may push the president hard for more concessions than he got in singapore. >> he is hoping for reduction in u.s. sanctions. he is also hoping to get the u.s. to sign a peace declaration formally ending the korean war and perhaps even what would be an icbm only deal where the u.s. agrees to restrictions on the missiles that can hit the american homeland but leave in place th...

About doing that first summit, max, but what has kim jong-un done to earn or deserve this second summit? >> nothing, but donald trump is desperate for something to distract from his domestic attentions, hence the summit. its very interesting that you dont hear the trump administration even talking any more about denuclearization with north korea. theyre talking about how great it is that theres a nuclear freeze going on right now in terms of testing, even though the north korean nuclear program ...

Denuclearization. >> the goal is to have another summit because both parties have an incentive to do so. trump was to showcase north korea as a foreign policy success story. but this does not mean, i dont think, you know, were making any kind of meaningful progress towards denuclearization. when you look at the new years address, kim jong had a long list of demands. he said basically the ball is in the u.s. court. to give a peace declaration to formally end the war and so on and so on. we have a...