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Going to play out any differently than previous engagements in north korea where they make these vast empty promises and dont deliver. now youre seeing why previous u.s. presidents refuse to meet with the dictators of north korea. donald trump casts the very fact that they have this meeting as a huge achievement. this is something that any previous u.s. president had done and all of his predecessors refused to do it because they did not want to give the dictator of north korea something for noth...

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Do you think the financial incentive is something that appeals to kim jong-un is it more about security and him maintaining his own power? >> well, kim certainly wants to relax the international pressure which has been ramped up, particularly in the last two years. but north korean officials have told me that, you know, they have nuclear weapo violation of u.n. resolutions and previous commitments because of what they say is the u.s. hostile policy, their fear of being attacked like a rock in yu...

To borrow a phrase to criticize your predecessors and political opponents. how do you ensure north korea is not all talk and no action? >> can i ensure you will sit down properly when you sit down? you cant ensure anything. all i can say is they want to make a deal. thats what i do. my whole life has been deals. i have done great at it. thats what i do. i know when somebody wants to deal and i know when somebody doesnt. a lot of politicians dont. thats not their thing. this could have been done ...

Criticize your predecessors and political opponents, how do you ensure that north korea is not all talk, no action? >> can you ensure anything? can i ensure you consider improperly when you sit down all i can say is they once to make a deal. that is what i do. my whole life is been deals. i have been great at it. that is what i do. i know when somebody wants to deal and when somebody doesnt. a lot of politicians dont. it is my thing. this really could have been done. easier a long time ago but i...

Is doing here is something so new because. he would criticize and pledge to do undo what a previousdent has done not engage. enforce that idea? why will find out. this is a president willing to do something different than his predecessors. >> very quickly, since you are part of the press but you also watch carefully. what do you think of the news coverage of this? >> well, i think that as i said before, i think its been a little less negative than a lot of other trump things because there is a p...

And its very important to remember what president trump. what he just said he told under the circumstances its a process its a long process and here is what he said. >> our people very been in singapore. our people have been working really well. beare going in with a positive attitude and come out i think fine. i have said it many times. who knows? who knows? may not work out. good chance it will not work out. probably even better chance that it will take a period of time. it will be a process. ...

The north koreans, sitting down with the north korean dictator. both of them making clear in todays meeting that they are really very little like their predecessors. this includes kim jong un, his father, who was rather reclusive, and kim il-sung, his grandfather, essentially the founder of north korea, and the founder of the cult of leadership in that country. as you talk about the secretary of state, he did travel to north korea secretly, easter weekend, as a cia director, found out weeks late...

>> i dont want to talk about that because i dont want to be threatening. they understood that. and youve seen what was perhaps going to happen and still has 20 million people. we think we have big cities. he looked at new york that has 8 million people. we think thats a big city. still has 20 million people. think of that. >> harris: the president says he doesnt want to be threatening. they all believe we will do what we will do. yes or no. >> absolutely. thats the only reason that we are here i...

Hes doing well considering something like a minor heart attack. hes at walter reed. hes being treated by the best doctors and expected to recover. >> we all wish him a full recovery. coming up, past presidents. donald trump trying to out do his predecessors. stay with us after a quick break.