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Working, what that could result in. which is things being negotiated and discussed and worked through at a working level before they come to the secretary of state or even levels right below that. that is how it is supposed to work. i think the thing for people to understand or important to understand is that when you are a foreign service officer in my experience being there for a couple of years, youre not looking for the limelight. youre not looking for a moment where you could testify or be ...

We were vigorously enforcing sanctions. since then we enforce sanctions but not with the same rigor. >> jon: kim jong-un tends to act up like this when he wants attention. what is he looking for? >> the most important is the relief from u.s. sanctions. even though were not going full boron them theyre still hurting the north korean regime. our theory is if we dont go full bore the north koreas will talk to us. the working level talks that kim jong-un promised at that end of june summit havent st...

Be able to keep his arsenal, keep that arsenal in place, at least for now, in exchange for partial sanctions relief in the hope that down the road north korea would be willing to eventually disarm once they feel their security has been sufficiently disguaranteed. then you have the hawks, john bolton tweeting about "the new york times" article. he was clearly furious taken by surprise, at least taken by surprise the fact that people who support this plan have spoken to the "new york times." he to...

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Theyre serious about the negotiation. >> the president seems to be saying over and own again, they havent had a nuclear test of course, wendy, theyve had short-range missile tests, incredibly threatening to our allies in south korea and japan. >> short range missile tests. they havent stopped improving their missile technology. the underlying program has grown throughout this process, throughout this b romance, the president saying its about me and kim jong-un. well see if these negotiations get...

But these talks were at a complete stand still and this historic move by president trump gets everybody to at least come back to the table and talk? >> thats exactly right, dana. the talks had been stalled since february of this year. and there had been little life within those talks despite the very credible and serious efforts put forth by the special envoy for north korea and his team. you saw him just there in the clip behind the president. so the president did, with this move, restart talks...

What he put on the table the last time and it is a step in the right direction, done at the working level, its likely we would make some accommodations to him on sanctions and not have him going home again without that. secondly, i dont think we will see a summit between the two leaders unless there is something on the table that both working groups can agree to and define that as progress in terms of mutual interest. >> martha: he holds close his nuclear weapons plan. its a security blanket for...

And so progress stalled after the meeting in hanoi a couple of months ago. and the president -- and north korea simply fell off the map. working level meetings were not able to take place. there were rumors that north korean officials involved in those meetings had been executed by kim. and for the president, he is greatly invested in progress, continuing with north korea. thats why you saw him wanting to have this meeting with kim. the president was the one who issued the invitation. and this w...

Their relationship is the one pushing this forward at this point. without the working level talks, this denuclearization process is going to go nowhere. it was notable that president trump didnt mentioned word denuclearization the whole afternoon. potentially he mentioned it behind closed doors. it was more talking about what an honor this was, stepping over the mdl, he described as an honor. kim jong-un said it was courageous and erpld did. there was a lot of flattery on both sides. one interes...

Denuclearization, if you cant trust your own people to talk to your counterpart, how does this move forward? >> right. and they have a lot of work ahead of them to prepare for a third summit. now i really dont think we can afford them to have -- i dont think they can afford to have a third summit without the proper work in place. that means really getting down to discussing even if its scenarios on a possible deal and compromising bargain on the way forward. without that, if the two leaders meet...