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Immediately, his first priority was to advance north koreas nuclear program with speed and efficiency, far surpassing his predecessors. >> i dont think he cares about international opinion at all. certainly not when balanced against survival of the regime which he believes is grounded upon having a nuclear weapons capability that can threaten not just regional partners but also the united states. >> kim jong-uns life is so mysterious that not even his exact age is known. he is believed to be in ...

Frankly, that patience is over. >> president trump wanted to do what his predecessors had not been able to. denuclearize north korea. >> this will be the critical test of the trump administration. this is what history will remember trump for. >> this woman was among a group of delegates that met with representatives to discuss the nuclear arms program in june of 2017. >> my takeaway from talks is that north koreans are much more confident, even arrogant, because their nuclear and missile capabil...

Whole tariff thing. i basically feel the w.t.o. system has provided a lot of good to the world, to the united states and to the world and so im a little worried about upsetting that. >> but you do a cost benefit analysis of this unique style you describe where a year and a half in, are the positives out weighing the negatives? are we tter off today? >> lets see if were better off with north korea. we might be better off with north korea but not better off in trade. >> what are the risks of engag...

He essentially says hes going to know in just a few moments whether kim jong-un is serious. >> i dont know about that, but i think hes actually his unique style has done better to bring china and north korea to the table than any of his three predecessors. that doesnt mean its going to work out well. theyre at the table. >> he left the g7 summit early. flies to singapore. when he leaves theres an impression there is a communique the g7 is signing onto, but he starts tweeting. i think we have the...

Down with president barack obama after the election and before trump was inaugurated, obama told him, look, north korea is the biggest challenge youre going to face in sort of a national security sense around the world. and this was a problem that obama couldnt fix. the nuclear development in north korea. and so that stuck with trump and its been a motivating factor ever since. he wants to outdo obama. he wants to solve the problem his predecessors couldnt. because of that hes in ultimate salesm...

Singapore. kelly, we will go back to you. we just want to let people know what were seeing there. it is wheels down for air force one. >> reporter: well, this is a historic moment for president trump who has had a packed few days. weve seen how he interacted with leaders of the g7. those are among the united states closest friends and that was contentious and equivalendin his way leaving from canada, he referred to this as a very big trip. clearly his focus has been the meeting with north korea....

For dictators. what is it that explains why hes so hostile in a room of people that have been allies of the united states for decades and seems so warm and open to these other people who have been our enemies? >> well, hes so open to kim jong-un in part because its his bid for history. you know, trump, it stuck with him for the first time he sat down with president barack obama after the election and before trump was inaugurated, obama told him, look, north korea is the biggest challenge youre g...

Many senior european officials speak of it as nothing less than a crisis of the west. >> nicolle, i wrote that before donald trump this morning said that russia should rejoin the g7 and make it the g8 again. you know, im struck by the fact that this really is our kind of this is not a drill moment. for a year and a half weve been talking about what would be the consequences of the unraveling of the world order and i felt listening to president trump that what we are hearing was an american presi...

>> let hope mr. trump doesnt want to make a deal too much where his predecessors have willing to giveaway the farm. if hes willing to walk away, willing to be tough and stand firm, maybe we can actually break the back and make some headway. >> what does that look like? what is success? >> success i think would be a stopping -- it would be along the lines of iran, the iran agreement. but with better verification, thorough verification and no short time line. it would be a permanent deal where the...

Joining us is congressman francis rooney. i want to start with senator graham was talking about there which is the potential for an authorization of use of military force against north korea. is that something that you feel like maybe necessary in the near future, or does it seema los angeles ramsist? >> -- seem alarmist? >> we have the president negotiating with north korea right now in singapore in historic point. why be talking about military force? lets see where things go. >> and whats your...