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-- >> eric: do you think the president should get that tomorrow or can or now is not the time. >> i think its the job of secretary pompeo and the diplomats. the president has to make it clear that time is short and these are the types of things that secretary pompeo has to get satisfaction on when he sits across the table from kim jong un. >> eric: in the next hour, well be talking about north koreas human rights abuses and human rights records. professor walter hatch of colby college, the insti...

Has ill countries -- hostile countries. eric: professor walter hatch of colby college, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. eric: perhaps theyll focus on the nuclear issue right now, as you say, and eventually get to the human rights issue and see if there is a change in their behavior. thank you. >> that would be great, yeah. arthel: interesting. were going to come back and talk about some of the biggest names in golf getting bumped from the u.s. open. yep, were live on long island...

>> i cant speak to that. i can only speak to the fact that we signed an incredible agreement, its great, and its going to be great for them too. eric: so what are those abuses? professor walter hatch joins us from colby college in waterville, maine. how would you rate the human rights record of kim jong un? >> well, first, thanks for inviting me on, eric. i would say that the human rights record in north korea is perhaps the worst of any country in the world. its truly atrocious. eric: any count...