Please stay with us. Were going to bring that moment to you live here. Im jim shuciutto here at the d, Demilitarized Zone dividing south and north korea as it has for 66 years. Tremendous array of power along the border. As we watch these live pictures from the dmz, this is the location where the u. S. President and the knot north korean president will meet. The president said yesterday, he would be willing to step across something that the south korean president moon jaein did months ago when invited by the north Korean Leaders. This is the dmz where the president is arriving, you see the vehicles there. The south korean president has joined him and were waiting where shortly where the north korean dictator, kim jong un will join them for this historic moment, this unpress dented moment of a hand shake between the two. Paula, as ive noted before in 24 broadcast, you have been to this location here where this will take place. Cry it to our viewers. Describe the array of forces there. Describe what it looks like and the history behind it. That was the observation post that we saw the president at with president moon jaein. That gives you a good overlook of the whole of the dmz and into north korea. It will be a short drive down to the truce village where we assume hell meet with kim jong un. This is an area where in the past weve seen north and south korean soldiers face off against each other. Its an area where you have the blue huts where in the past, there have been agreements made and its also the area where you see tourists good to. You can go inside one of those tents and step across into north korea. Would there have been negotiations, battles between whose flag is taller. You mentioned houts a short drive from the observation post where we saw President Trump and the south korean president a short time ago, a short drive to the truce village where we believe the meeting will take prays with kim jong un. We saw the vehicles making the move from the observation post down to where the meeting with kim will take place. Anna corin, our colleague is in seoul. Describe the tweet by the president that seems to have sparked this whole idea which is now in a short time going to become a reality. How surprised were they about it . Perhaps how stressed were they by the prospect of making this a reality and how would the North Koreans reacted to that . Certainly, jim, i think theres no denying that it probably caught everybody off guard, including the South Koreans. This is something that the south korean president moon jaein has been wanting. So obviously delighted. We heard from him speaking at the blue house behind us before setting off for the dmz that if trump meets with kim, it would be a nile stone for humankind. You have to assume its slightsly overreaching, but it gives you a sense of how important this moment is to south korea. They have been pushing for peace on the Korean Peninsula and now they feel that there is momentum. Obviously, the talks stalled back in february in hanoi and the North Koreans were angry with the south. They feel that they are limited as to how much they can actually achieve with the United States. Hence, you see the North Koreans playing to the south korean, we dont want you to immediate ate on our behalf. We will deal with the americans directly. That puts them in control, in the drivers seat and that plays to everyone back in north korea that its kim jong un in control, not the south korean president moon jaein. The feeling here in full certainly is one of hope. People are hopeful that this will lead to a third summit, something that hasnt been dismissed. Obviously President Trump to see how todays meeting goes. The president himself said that this is going to be a very short meeting. The hope is that this resets the relationship and that the two countries can start negotiations, start getting the denuclearization plan back on track. Jim, i think its important to remember that ever since the singapore summit according to analysts north korea was developed half a dozen nuclear war heads. That adds to their arsenal of some 60 to 70 war heads. North korea hasnt done much, if anything, since donald trump began speaking to kim jong un towards denuclearizing north korea. There is a lot at stake, a lot riding on this. It cant just be style over substance. Yeah. Well, its an important point, because this is not frozen in time. As these negotiations have gone on, without progress on denuclearization, doesnt mean that the north Korean Program stays in place. It is, as you said, making progress. Advances in the Missile System happens as the talk stall here. This meeting today, the expectation really to have the meeting happen. The president defining success tazz neegt taking place. This is not a negotiation today. It is simply a facetoface hand shake, a hand shake at the border. A brief note about whats happening next year. The president a short time ago went to whats known as the observation post there where he could look across into north korea and look at the array of forces there defending the dmz. Hes now gone down closer to the truce village where hell be facetoface with the forces. U. S. Forces deployed in south korea to help protect south korea from the north. Then in a short time he will meet the north Korean Leader kim jong un face to face with a hand shake, perhaps with the possibility of setting foot into north korea if given the invitation by the north Korean Leader. Im joined here at the border by Paula Hancocks. A tremendous amount of choreography in what is happening now and the next steps. A little bit of showmanship as well. When you say its going to be north korea going to be a part of this, its the most choreographed. There are no images of kim jong un that come out that he doesnt want people to see. Its heavily vetted. These kind of meetings, he cant control as much. He cant control the message going out. What electric do is take this back to his people and show the rest of the world the u. S. President has come to the dmz, has come to my doorstep to see me. The north Korean Leader is not someone to take spur of the moment trips. He tends to go by train as opposed to by air. He likes having attention to security, preparations, etc. , so to respond to a president ial invitation via twitter and within 24 hours show up at the border, describe what if headache is the right term or surprise and shock people around him had to make Something Like this happen. Its unpress denltsed. This is not what north korea does. The u. S. President himself said yesterday at least we know the kim jong un follows him on twitter. The quickest response from anyone from north korea that ive ever seen. It usually takes a day to react. That was incredibly fast. Were looking at pictures from a moment ago from the dmz, the president describing the scene he saw. Also taking as weve noticed this three or four times in the last 20 minutes or so, taking some shots at the press coverage, saying that the press is not giving him credit for the negotiations. Of course, its his own administration who defines success as denuclearization by north korea. Moments from now we wait for that facetoface meeting between President Trump and kim jong un. Stay with us. Well be right back. If you live with diabetes, why fingerstick when you can scan . With the freestyle libre 14 day system just scan the sensor with your reader, iphone or android and manage your diabetes. 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Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Whats around the corner could be surprising. Ask your doctor about eliquis. Im jim sciutto at the Demilitarized Zone between north korea and south korea where President Trump will meet with kim jong un in moments. The location is an historic one, right on the border of the truce village separating these two countries, that point on the border separating them for some 66 years since formal conflict between the two of them. Youre seeing President Trump at the observation post at the dmz just a short time ago. Hes going to meet with u. S. Troops, south korean troops as well at the border before that hand shake with the north Korean Leader. Well bring that to you live. My colleague anna corin is in seoul covering the events live, including a meeting between President Trump and president moon jaein of south korea. It is an important moment because south koreas president has been working behind the scenes to try and get negotiations back on track. In fact, the North Koreans have shunned the South Koreans, if you like, a little bit dirty what happened in than hanoi. Different expectations as to what can be achieved and what needs to be done to move forward. Obviously, there is great symbolism attached to this meeting between the u. S. President and the north Korean Leader. We heard from south koreas president moon a short time ago saying that this is going to be a milestone for humankind. Overreaching, perhaps, but it gives you a sense of how important this is. To discuss this more, the add jungt for security. Obviously, critics are saying this is theatrics, a photo opportunity, nothing concrete. Here on the Korean Peninsula, south korea and north korea, this counts for something. I agree with the critics. The two koreas, especially when there was a diplomat lull after hanoi, very awkward situation between washington and pyongyang. The exchange of the two love letters. Now the hand shake at the dmz basically shows that the bromance between trump and kim is going quite well, even if the countries might still be at odds. We heard them lambasting washington and lowlevel officials. Yet it doesnt seem to affect trump and kim. Why is that . Theyre separating the leader level and the working 4re68. Basically theyre trying to say that as long as were at the leader level dealing with trump directly, everything is fine. Once we talk to the working level to pompeo and others, theyre calling him the head for interfering with the relationship between trump and kim. How then does this progress. If youre not going to hand it over to the people delegated to try and reach an agreement to 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 again without putting in the work at the working level nks its going to be hanoi all over again. How does the u. S. Walk it back theyve said from the outset its denuclearization. How do they compromise . One way for the north to be dpleksble is for them to agree on a general roadmap on where this all ends, how do we get to zero Nuclear Weapons and a bit of compromise, flexibility on north koreas side would be to agree to some sort of a fazed approach step by step implementation of the process. Zero Nuclear Weapons, is that even a reality . Of course, thats the end goal. But is that a reality . First, before we answer that question, were just looking at live pictures of the u. S. President meeting with members of the u. S. Military or the south korean military. Lets take a listen. [ applause [ speaking Foreign Language ] translator you are standing at the fore front where you are safeguarding peace and freedom of the koreas. [ speaking Foreign Language ] it is actually the first time in history that the president of the republic of korea and the president of the United States has advisemented in history in this zone. And today this afternoon we have a more dramatic event that awaits us. [ speaking Foreign Language ] and id like to thank President Trump for making such a bold decision. [ speaking Foreign Language ] and now joint security area is being transformed from the symbol of confrontation and hostilities to a symbol of peace and all of you are actually witnesses to this great change. [ speaking Foreign Language ] and the very person who has actually brought this change about is, of course, President Trump. [ speaking Foreign Language ] he is the president of all of you. [ applause ] i want too thank you very much. Youre a special group of people. I look at you, look how healthy and strong and how good. We really preach it. We preach it very much. Appreciate it very much. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. So this was a scheduled visit from a number of months ago. We went from the g20 and i promised your president , president moon, who is a friend of mine, i said we have to see the dmz and so this was scheduled for a long time ago, and then yesterday i had the idea maybe ill call chairman kim and see if he wants to say hello. So we didnt give him much notice, but weve become we respect each other. We respect each other. Maybe we like each other. And hes agreed to meet and im going to meet him in about four minutes, so im going to cut my speech a little short, other than to say youre terrific people, youve done a fantastic job and were with you all the way. You know this. [ speaking Foreign Language ] what do you have over there . That looks good. We have a small token of appreciation for you. Were grateful for your leadership and president moon and what you do for the alliance. We have a small token of appreciation. Everybody knows youre a golfer and theres some golfers in the room. So we got you were hopeful i know you get a lot of gifts but this one was one that might find some utility for you on one of the golf courses. Its got your name stens i would on is there. Its got all of our command forces on there. So its got your name on there. Its got its of course, this is the most important one because our motto is here. When you wear this on the golf course, we hope think about this. Thank you very much. Thank you. [ applause ] youve been watching live pictures of President Trump and president moon jaein of south korea meeting u. S. And south Korean Forces stationed here at the border between north and south in the dmz, 30 u. S. Service member, 30 south Korean Service members. A moment ago, the president reaching a gift from the commander of u. S. Forces, something they said he would wear on the golf course, a jacket for him to wear noting the units that are deployed here at the border. Were joined by joseph yurvegs n, a cnn Global Affairs analyst who crew shally served as special representative to north korea. He had experienced negotiations between these two countries before. Joseph, its always good to have you on this broadcast because youve experienced this relationship firsthand. Youve participated in difficult negotiations with between these two countries firsthand. I want to ask you this question. The president meeting here facetoface with the north Korean Leader, certainly significant. Does that normally serve as the predicate for substantive negotiations or would it normally come after some sort of agreement is made . Of course it normally comes after some sort of agreement has been made. So while it is very, very symbolic and quite historic, if nothing happens afterwards, then its just here. Thats