Sticking Point Decnuclearization News Today

The u.s. knew that going into it that north korea was really going to push for sanctions relief and thats what they wanted. i think the president thought that he could offer something else and try to get to some sort of deal and ultimately between that and the fact that north korea was not willing to move towards decnuclearization as the u.s. defines it meant they werent able to get to an agreement at this time. >> when we walked away from the singapore summit we thought there would be another s...

Carol lee joins us. thank you for joining us today. you reported that the trump administration had dropped the u.s. demand that north korea agree to a full disclosure of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile weapons as part of this summit. break down for us, carol, how that played in to ultimately what we saw transpire. >> reporter: well i think what were seeing now is that it was an indicator that the u.s. had decided not to push on this issue in this particular round of talks, it was indic...

Kim jong-un is still here and it will be really interesting to see what north korean state media says about this failure. how they explain it and whether that matches president trumps explanation. during his news conference i think you can point to three areas of disagreement, if you like. one was on the definition of decnuclearization itself and thats been there right through these negotiations. the president saying kim has a vision. its not ours. remember for the united states its clear that j...

Deal, what a terrible thing he did. you have to be prepared to walk. there was a potential. we could have signed something. i could have 100% signed something today. we actually had papers ready to sign. it just wasnt appropriate. i want to do it right. i much rather do it right than fast. >> the white house issued a statement saying president trump and north koreas kim jong-un had a very good and constructive meeting. the two leaders discussed various ways to advance decnuclearization. the stat...