Plus, democrats face off against democrats. [overlapping speakers] i am the only candidate here who has passed a law protecting a womans right of reproductive health. Hey, guys you know what . America does not want to witness a food fight. They want to know how were going to put food on their table. Brennan well talk with two president ial hopefuls who took the stage. Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar and former texas congressman beto orourke, all that coming up on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation. We begin today with cbs News White House correspondent who is in seoul, south korea where she has been covering the president s historic visit to north korea. Good morning, margaret. The suspense over whether President Trump and north korean dictator kim jongun would meet quickly turned into frenzy over a historic episode that lasted much longer than expected. In fact, even President Trump admitted he was surprised the meeting happened at all. President trump and kim walked toward each other from opposite sides of the joint security area in the dmz. The demilitarized border zone that separates north and south korea. After a handshake, mr. Trump became the first u. S. Sitting president to cross over the line of demarcation into north korea, something he said he was proud to do. Then the two leaders met for nearly one hour and it all came about because of a tweet President Trump sent yesterday, inviting kim to the dmz to say hello and shake hands. Kim said he was surprised at the gesture and by the president s willingness to see him there. President trump described the meeting as strong and solid and said negotiating teams would be meeting in the next two or three weeks to start crafting a deal for pyongyang to give up its Nuclear Weapons. He also said he would invite kim to the white house, but did not provide a time frame for when. Margaret . Brennan in seoul. We go now to some analysis on this mornings events. Jean lee is director of the korea center at the Wilson Center and mike morales a former acting director of the cia and National Security contributor. Mike, we know the president s National Security team was opposed to this. Did the meeting strengthen or weaken the u. S. Position . Margaret, two different perspectives here i think. One is that a negotiated solution is the only solution to this problem. There isnt a military option. Theres not a covert action option. So getting back to talks with the North Koreans is important, and i think that g thing. The second perspective, though, is this comes at a very high cost. This gives kim jongun a lot of legitimacy. This is gold for him politically at home and in the world. And secondly this is going to weaken sanctions enforcement against north korea because if youre another country, youre going to say to yourself, myed y a price. Theyre now getting along. Youre going to step back a little bit. Were paying a price for this and it cant go on forever, but lets see if we can get something out of these negotiations. Brennan youve lived and worked in north korea. What does this do for kim jongun at home . Is he actually under much pressure to get things done . He is and thats a very important point. Its so hard for us to tell whats happening inside north korea because they do such a good job of keeping us out and of framing the narrative of north korea, but the fact is it is an extremely poor country and we may not get that sense when we see hes pouring so much money into Nuclear Weapons, these military parades and everything looks so organized and he looks so modern, but they have an estimated gdp per person, per year, that is more than along the lines of congo or some of the poorest countries in africa. This is a country that is suffering and he knows that. I do think he needs this and he wants this so for me, it was only a matter of time that he would start he and President Trump would start putting out feelers to get back to these nuclear negotiations. And there was a loss of faith after hanoi. Hes looking for a chance to get back to that negotiating table. Brennan but mike, even though there may be that pressure on kim jongun and Food Shortages even, hes still charging ahead with his nuclear program. So two pieces to that. One is hes still making material, hes still adding to the nuclear stockpile, but hes not Testing Nuclear weapons and hes not testing missiles. We know he has Nuclear Weapons. We know he has icbms capable of states, but one thing he has not demonstrated is the ability to mate those two together and he needs to test in order to convince himself that we can do that, let alone us. So the fact that hes holding back on that is important. But the stockpile continues to grow. Brennan and youve been watching some of what kim jongun is doing in the region. Hes been meeting with vladimir putin. Hes been meeting with xi jinping. He has some powerful friends other than the United States right now. So how much leverage does the u. S. Have here . In fact, russia and china did support the latest round of u. N. Security Council Sanctions that have been such a chokehold on north koreas economy, and i think that was a major blow to north korea and so he was going to putin and to xi to see if he could get some sanctions relief. It doesnt sound like he got what he needed. And so in that sense, he is trying to tell his people a homeook we do meingd relationship, th mean that if he does continue to build those relationships with putin and xi, it does take away from the leverage that President Trump has. Its something that we have to watch closely, the way that kim jongun is very savvily playing all these different relationships in the region. Brennan and mike, it seems like the u. S. Strategy has been to try to separate kim jongun from some of his more hardline, oldschool advisors. The idea that he is so unique and President Trump is so unique that you could get this impossible deal, even though the u. S. Intelligence Community Says hes not going to give up his nukes. What are the odds on this . So i dont think theres any way hes going to give up the entire program. I think the only possibility is significant limits on the number of Nuclear Weapons and the missile program, probably the distance that missiles can fly. Thats the best we can hope for. We should push for the whole thing, but the best we can hope for is limits. Brennan containment . Containment. Brennan thank you very much. We turn now to larry kudlow the National EconomicCouncil Director who joins us this morning from connecticut. Larry, good to have you here. The president said hes not increasing tariffs on china and hes allowing American Companies to do business with huawei that throws that tech firm a lifeline. What did the u. S. Get for these concessions . Well, lets first of all, the talks are going to restart. I thinkthets a very big deal right there. They are going to restart. Look, regarding the huawei story, let me just try to clarify that. There will be sales from American Companies, but only in the sense of a general merchandise, things that are available in other places around the world. Anything to do with National Security concerns will not receive a new license from the Commerce Department. I think thats very important. I think people have to understand that. Stuff thats generally available will be will be probably getting a temporary license from the Commerce Department. Well see how far that goes. Second point is we are hoping and expecting that china will engage in largescale purchases of American Farm products and farm services. As the talks continue, the talks may not be ending. The talks may not even be solved. But the president believes that china will begin to purchase american agriculture and thats going to be a big boost to our farmers and that will be a goodfaith show that these are serious talks and negotiations. Brennan on those purchases that you say might happen, in the meantime, the existing tariffs still stay in place . So that means the retaliatory tariffs are, too. And even with this announcement of china potentially buying more product, according to the usda, that market for soybean farmers wont recover until 2026 or 2027. Theyre losing markets the longer this goes on so how much damage can america stomach . Well, look that may be. I dont want to forecast that. Well see if china steps in to fill the void. Our farmers have been terrific. Theyre patriots, they support the president s dealings with china. Strongest president weve ever had in u. S. China relations. Chinas problems, you know, i. P. Theft, forced the transfers of technology, problems with getting into cloud services, problems with tariffs, problems with nontariff barriers, all these things are going to have to be addressed and thats the only way it will helphes a verg relationship, margaret, as you may know. That has to be fixed. Its not going to be they have many more remedies and correctives to make and thats what President Trump said in his News Conference and elsewhere in this recent trip to japan. Now, having said that, with respect to the farmers, we are doing the best we can. We are providing shortterm assistance to keep them going and try to fill the void until we can get Better International markets. The farmers themselves, the farm groups, theyve been great patriots and we celebrate their support to make americas overall economy very, very strong. And lets see if the chinese make good on this promise. That will have a bearing. The president said on tariffs, let me make this point, no additional tariffs for now. Ina delivers on an early to seef agriculture promise, lets call it an early harvest, but that may be up for grabs. We will see. No one can predict with certainty. Brennan but last time, my understanding is the talks were ff a perceived promise to change its laws. So is there any indication from china that they will make the kind of structural change to their own laws to make good on some of the changes you want to see happen on i. P. , etc. . Youre right about the problem and they did pull back from some agreements we thought we had and by the by that also includes all manner of enforcement to whatever conditions are made so youre quite right. Can i sit here and say its all going to work out . No. We dont know that. The teams are going to start negotiating in earnest, but we dont know. This is just a new first step. I always think its better to talk than not to talk. We have no assurances and again, the president himself said several times we want quality talks. Theres no timeline here. The issue is quality, not speed. So we will see if china delivers on some of these significant reforms. Brennan marco rubio has been raising concerns, though, about what the president just agreed to do with huawei, that tech firm. He said if President Trump has bargained away recent restrictions on huawei, then the u. S. Congress will put them back in via legislation. Isnt this undercutting the president s negotiation and why would the u. S. Allow American Companies to do business with a firm that is working on surveillance and a National Security threat . Well, look again, i think senator rubios concerned about all manner o National Security are correct, theyre proper concerns. And i hope that when President Trump comes back, that he and others of us will be able to persuade senator rubio that there will that any additional licensing from the Commerce Department to American Companies will be for what we call general merchandise, not National Security sensitive, general merchandise meaning, you know, various chips and software and other services that are available all around the world, not specific to the u. S. But the president s not backing off on the National Security concerns. We understand the huge risks regarding huawei and let me say, the president several times, we will fully address huawei, but not until the end of the trade talks. In other words, that will come last and that will deal, you know, with much larger issues concerning the longterm future with huawei. So thats whats happening now is simply a loosening up for general merchandise, maybe some additional licenses from commerce, it is not the last word. The last word is not going to come until the very end of the talks. This is a complicated matter so i hope well be able to persuade senator rubio and others that we are as cautious and concerned as they are. Brennan all right. Larry kudlow, thank you so much. Well be back in one minute with a lot more face the nation. Dont go away. Cookie cutter por. Fisher investments tailors portfolios to your goals and needs. Some only call when they have something to sell. Fisher calls regularly so you stay informed. And while some advisors are happy to earn commissions whether you do well or not. Fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. Maybe thats why most of our clients come from other money managers. Fisher investments. Clearly better money management. 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Theres been a number of them now and this time, you just cant look at this as going over and talking to your dictator next door and bringing them a hotdish over the fence. Theres a lot more. And what this is about is making sure that there are measurable results, that we have a plan when we go in there and we just havent seen that. In fact, just in may, you saw north korea launch another missile into the sea in violation of the u. N. Resolution and to me, you need to have a plan to denuclearize that peninsula or at least reduce those weapons immediately and i dont see that happening yet. But yet, we know that talks are good, but i just dont see this president , when you look at what happened in iran, when he got out of that agreement and we were 10 minutes away from war, and a month away from them blowing the caps when it comes to uranium, enriching uranium, when you look what he did with the Nuclear Agreement with russia. He is constantly climate change, pulling us back from working with our allies to try to solve these problems. Brennan you said there, north korea would denuclearize or at least need to red arsenal. Would you accept them as a Nuclear Power . No, i would not. What im saying is you need to have steps and measures and you could start there and then, of course, you have dates and you have times and a focus and a plan, but that is not what he does. He goes and gets a letter and says i love the guy, right in the face of the family who lost their son otto. I am concerned because of the track record here. Talk is good, but if all it is is talk, it doesnt produce anything for National Security for america and interNational Security for our allies. Brennan as commanderinchief, what would you do differently with china . What leverage would you use to get them to capitulate on trade . I would first acknowledge to the American People very clearly the problem here. The surveillance, the intellectual property violations, theyre basically stealing our blueprints. What they have done when it comes to subsidizing industries and manipulating their currency. The second thing i would do is to work with our allies and to push them and i wouldnt just walk away from every negotiating table, months goes by. I think you have to keep at it, methodically. And mostly, i wouldnt have used the approach theyve used. Targeted tariffs. They have used basically a meat cleaver or maybe we should call it a tweet cleaver when it comes to how theyre dealing with these other countries. And when you talked to larry kudlow, and he talked about the patriotism of our farmers. Im in a heavy ag state. Iowa, my neighbor is a heavy ag state. North dakota. Ive talked to farmers in those areas and what they tell me is theyre not going to get that soybean market back in one year because that market has gone to farmers in other countries and so thats why theres an urgency to this. When we have an 891 billion trade deficit, which is the worst that weve seen, you cant just keep talking about it. You actually h