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Downplay the issue of denuclearization. the headline this morning is peace. a warming of relations between kim jong-un and president trump. obviously, there are no specifics about a time line, about verification.ose are the t in the actual statement put out, which north korea did public in its entirety. that was the only time you get a significant description about denuclearization. ead the north koreans are ating one aspect of the discussions which is president trumps pledge to end the joint mi...

But none of the responsibility to get rid of their nukes in months as the united stas indicated was a requirement. obviouy, no more. >> in that joint they says this. reaffirming thepril 27th, 2018 declaration, the dprk commits to work with -- toward complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. theres a lack of specificity in that agreement. what do you make of that? >> reporter: completely lack specificity. as you note, look at the language. reaffirming. north korea came to this meeting re...

>> very interesting. that first reaction. jim, was this a win for the united states? >> reporter: listen, if you look at the arithmetic of what the two sides came to the table with before this meeting and what they left with, theres a clear imbalance. the u.s. made a specific promise to end those joint military exercises. he described them in a way that the u.s. has never described them, as provocative. the u.s. presidents have called them not provocative but about security of south korea, the s...

Jong-un and heralding their meeting as a success. there are questions about the outcome, including what was really accomplished, what happens next and whether mr. trump made too many concessions while getting too little in return. we will talk about it with senator ed marky of tmarkey and specialists are standing by. fit, lets go to kaitlan collins joining us live from singapore. the president just tweeted, im quoting him, great progress was made on the denuclearization of north korea. whats the...

Summit between kim jong-un and president trump. the countrys state run media is touting an end to war games involving the united states and south korea, joint military exercises. they are downplaying talk of denuclearization. lets get more from our specialists and analysts. we have seen these reports, john kirby. its a historic breakthrough they say. the north korean l islooking foe united states. the president will go to pyongyang. they are making it sound like this was a great achievement for ...

State mike pompeo and the question of vifiable denuclearization. hes now at odds with his own vice president. take us through where all the fractures are at this hour? >> going into this actually the state department -- i commend them for doing an excellent job. they tried to douch preparation as theycould. pompeo went over there once in secret and then once to get the hostages back. >> he went there in secret until trump leakedit. i would have stayed secret if trump hadnt -- >> thats right. he ...

Holds over south korea as part of its guarantee of safety. again, if you go back to last couple of weeks what you have heard from secretary pompee pompeo, from president trump, they set the bar as complete, ,ifiable denuclearization. you dont have that from this statement yet. you may work through that over the coming months and years. but you certainly dont have that from this statement. >> good point. jim sciutto and will ripley, thank you very much. lets get more on all of this, democratic ...

Reckless north korean regi. thats why we do it yes, they are expensive. yes, they are provocative. but its because kim was provocative. detonating nuclear weapons, shooting off ballistic missiles. thats why were there. kim has now pocketed that benefit. second dai second, the chinese are saying its time to relieve the north koreans of the sanctions, the economic sanctions that have driven north korea to the table. we have no definition of what denuclearization means. we have no access to their n...