Expressed optimism that the meeting might actually happen. President trump im going to the dmz. I understand they want to meet. I would love to say hello. It will be short. But we are in territory thats very close. We dont have to take long trips to countries. Lets see what happens. They are trying to work it out. Reporter at this moment and its sunday afternoon in korea. They are expected to hold a live News Conference moments from now. You can see the podium set up there. Well bring it to you live once it begins. There is a lot on the agenda the next two hours including the mystery. Mr. Kim take President Trump up on his offer . Joining us, fox news chief white house correspondent, john roberts. Any indication as to whether chairman kim will show up . Things have been developing from yesterday afternoon when the president put out that tweet this morning. And every minute goes by here, there is a new development before the president went into that lunch meating with moon jaein. I see they were both in that meeting. Now stating down waiting for them to come out. The president said they were in the final stages of putting this thing together. I would be willing to wager a dollar when they come out, moon jaein and the president will announce they will be meeting with kim jongun in the dmz. I think they just have to dot a couplicss and cross a couple ts. South korean media saying they are going to meet for 57 minutes in the security area. The dmz is a wide swath that separates north from south korea. But there is an area 40 minute north of seoul. You will remember the photo and video from april 27 of last year when moon jaein and kim jongun met right there where the border comes together and kim walked across the border into south korea into the peace house and held talks. That was the beginning of the talks to get President Trump together with kim jongun. President trump said to his aide, thats the picture i want. I want kim jongun walking across that border meeting me. But he was told logistically, you cant do it to support a president ial summit, which is why it was moved to singapore. But it looks like President Trump will get that picture of he and kim jongun standing there at the dmz. One of them will walk across the border to greet the other one. But in the press conference in osaka after the g20 just before he left here, i said to the president , if this meeting with kim comes together, would you be willing to step across the border into north korea . He said i would feel totally comfortable with it. It would be historic. Hes the First American president to ever meet with a leader of north korea and he would become the first president ever to set foot on north korean soil. Jon potential history making but the president seems unperturbed about the possibility that kim jongun might not show up. Reporter when you are dealing with north korea there are a lot of variables. And there are variables when you try to get to the dmz. The first time the president was here, he early in the morning tried to fly up to the dmz. He wanted to go see it. Moon jaein had driven up there and he was waiting for him. The helicopter got most of of the way up there. But the ceilings were too low and they couldnt land the aircraft. The president was very disappointed about that. He made himself the promise the next time he was in south korea if things lined up he would go up to the dmz. The montana behind me is in a little bit of haze. So if the weather hold as it is, President Trump, moon jaein and kim jongun should have a brief trilateral meeting. South korean media is saying it will last between 5 to 7 minutes. The president said it might not be anything more than a handshake. But it means a lot. When you look at the dynamic between the president and kim jongun and the dynamic between moon jaein and kim jongun, you have that trilateral meeting that could force things down the road. South korea has its own relationship with north korea. The United States has lands for north korea. If they come together like that they could potentially move things further along the road than just a oneonone meeting. Even though its only going to be less than 10 minutes. Who knows. It could be two hours. He wants to cross the dmz. Lets go over to peace house. Whats interest being covering this white house is you just never know. We knew the president was going to the dmz. But even his closest aide didnt know he was going to send out that tweet i righting kim to come to the dmz. Jon we expect the News Conference with President Trump and moon jaein to begin any moment now. We saw his daughter take her seat so it will start soon. As far as back as it go, it sometimes gets covered up but it take a back burner to the mystery of dealing with the north. The president talk about the economic miracle of south korea when he was here in november of 2017. I was standing in the same position watching the president address the sout the south kn parliament. He said look whats happening south of your border. South korea is the fourth largest economy in asia, the 11th largest in the world. They are shipping product all over the world. President trump is saying, you get rid of your Nuclear Program and join the community of nations globally, and that could happen in north korea, too. The president is always careful to say, with the current regime. But the president even though it gets overshadowed by whats going on between the president and north korea and the threat of nuclear conflagration, the president does pay a lot of tribute to whats going on in south korea. Jon we have come quite a ways from the fire and fury remarks President Trump made early in his time in office. Hes now on a much friendlier footing with kim jongun and with moon jaein, the president of south korea from whom we are about to hear as he speaks with the president at this News Conference. Well first hear the opening remarks and move on to questions and answers. Opening remarks will be given first by president jaein. I tend my warmest welcome to President Trump from the republic of korea. The Korean Peninsula together with President Trump has become the land [inaudible] since the declaration of armistice the United States and north korea will be meeting for the first time in history, the leaders of theouts and north korea will be standing face to face at the symbol of division and make handshakes for peace. Well continue to communicate with each other in dialogue, we can move forward the best situation. This is something well be able to see. South and north will be able to be confident about peace and the world can cheer on President Trump and chairman kim with high expectations. What we need here is enduring peace on Korean Peninsula. I hope that President Trump will go down in history as the president that has achieved peace on the Korean Peninsula. Peace requires more courage and conflict. I would like to extend my appreciation to the true leaders for being so brave and im overwhelmed with emotion because we have been able to proof the way toward peace for the Korean Peninsula. Its the only option for achieving complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. President trump and i are on the same page when it comes to denuclearization and we share common goals. For normalization of relations committed to in the singapore agreement we concur it will be vitally important. I hope that there will be a promise made between the leaders of the three countries together with the people of korea. And thought only the security for the u. S. Alliance has become a comprehensive alliance that expresses cooperation and security on global issues. The u. S. Alliance is working as the linchpin for Regional Peace and security. We decided to continue in coordination. I believe this is a victory for both countries. Our two leaders have agreed to further accelerate the momentum to expand trade and investment and further expand the alliance to a mutually alliance. The asiapacific region is a core region for peace and prosperity. Under the principles of openness, be cluesiveness and transparency i believe koreas new policy and strategy can find common ground. Recently we shared concerns regarding the attack on the oil tankers in the gulf of oman and the tensions in the middle east. The freedom of passage and transit in the gulf of oman is important for National Security and energy. I have high regard for the careful restraint showed by President Trump. We agreed to cooperate for stability in the middle east. President trump and i will not forget the victory and spirit of the alliance. We have once again reaffirmed our Common Objective and strategies. Im glad and heartened by this. Going forward well continue to work closely together and be frank and open in our discussions to develop the rku. S. Alliance. President trump you are the peacemaker of the Korean Peninsula. I hope this meeting will bring hope to the people of south and north korea and will be a milestone in the history of humankind towards peace. I want to extend welcome to President Trump to korea. Our friendship will continue to grow deep and greener. President trump im going to make a very short statement because we are going to the dmz border, and i will be meeting with chairman kim. I look forward to it have much. I look forward to developing a Good Relationship. We understand each other. I think he understands me and i think i maybe understand him. Sometimes that can lead to very good things. I want to start by thanking president moon and very importantly, first lady moon. A very special woman. She loves her country have much as does president moon. We had a great dinner last night together and spent a large part of the morning discussing lots of Different Things including trade and military and many other items. I thought i would just mention that when we came here, our great ambassador arrived last night who is here someplace, was talking about the turmoil going on because of the level of the vitriol, the level of vitriol happening between north and south. But it was north to a large extent where there was a lot of risk and a lot of threat and a lot of bad things were happening. That was before i became president. As you know and the media know because they covered it very well and fairly. At the beginning there was a lot of anger between myself and kim jongun. Who since something happened, there was a point at which it happened, and all of a sudden we get along. I figure when i was in japan where they hosted a fantastic g20, i just want to thank Prime Minister abe, because he did a fantastic job. A lot of good meetings came out of that with other countries from the standpoint of the United States. But we decided to come here a while ago as part of going to the g20, i promised president moon. I was thinking, im here, lets see if we can say hello to kim jongun. And i put out the word, and he got back and he wanted to do it from the beginning and so did i. But there is a lot of good feeling. When sometimes the media will say gee whats happened . They know whats happened in was nuclear testing, there was Ballistic Missile testing. They had hostages of ours, as you know. Very tough situation. And now we are getting back our remains. We got back the hostages. There has been no Ballistic Missile tests and no nuclear tests, and south korea is a different place. And japan is a different place. They had missiles going after japan on a very constant basis. You know that very well. I hate to hear the media give false information to the public. Whats been done. A lots been done. President moon feels better about even chairman kim. They couldnt have meetings. Nobody was going to meet. President obama wanted to meet, and chairman kim would not meet him. The Obama Administration was begging for a meeting and chairman kim would not meet with him. And for some reason we have a certain chemistry or whatever. Lets see what happens. We have a long way to go. But number no rush. Sanctions are on. Im in no rush with iran, i am never in a rush. If you are in a rush you get yourself in trouble. So i just want to say that we are going to be heading out to the dmz anding ar something i planned long ago but had the idea yesterday to maybe say hello. Shake hand and say hello because we havent seen each other since vietnam. A great meeting in vietnam. Its all part of the whole negotiation. But we had a great meeting in vietnam. We had a great meeting in singapore. Everyone gave us praise for singapore and not vietnam. The meeting in vietnam in terms of a deal was more important than singapore. So i think what i would like to do is well take one or two questions as i understand it, then im going to head out to the dmz and pay my respect to everybody, including some soldiers. We have tremendous military here. And we are going to see some of our Great American soldiers. Well be talking to them. And i will be seeing kim jongun. If you would, you can start with a question. Thank you. Thank you very much. [speaking korean] [speaking korean] i would like to welcome President Trump on your second visit to the republic of korea. President moon you mentioned you will be accompanying President Trump to the dmz, but the focus of the dialogue will be between President Trump and chairman kim. You said you are looking forward to progress being made there. Once the contact is made between President Trump and chairman kim at the dmz, what kind of progress do you expect in the subsequent negotiations and how about the third summit happening before the end of the year. My last questions in an interview you mentioned that if north korea under complete verification from the interNational Community. If north korea dismantles the nuclear complex the it National Community could explore partial sanctions relief. Was there discussion about that this morning and what was the response from the u. S. Side . [speaking korean] [through the interpreter] the focus of the dialogue today will be the dialogue between the United States and north korea. Of course, President Trump and chairman kim will have a reunion and have dialogue. I hope and i do believe this is vastly significant for the dialogue that will follow after the meeting today. And also today there will be a dialogue between the United States and north korea. But as for the korean dialogue it will happen at a later time. As to the question about the third north korea summit, i believe how the dialogue and the meeting turns out this afternoon will have a great say on when and whether the north korea summit will happen for the first time. For the last question, what i had explained was that if north korea goes through the dismantlement of the nuclear complex in yong bung. If this is implemented the interNational Community will be able to discuss partial sanctions relief. My word were in this context. [speaking korean] President Trump just to add one thing to your question from cbs. Its just a step. It might be an important step and it might not. But what we are doing today is a step. And probably a step in the right direction. There is a good feeling so it could be very good. As far as another meeting, i think lets see what happens today before we start thinking about that. But it could be very important. Lets see. A question . Go ahead. [speaking korean] i am going to try to make it count. Why do you want to step into north korea and what do you think that handshake could accomplish . Nothing has substantively changed since hanoi. Why does kim jongun deserve this moment and how do you respond to the critics who say its nothing more than a photo open. And i need to get in one china question. Your agreement with president xi does that bring you back to the point in april where they made a lot of concessions on i. P. Or are you back in the beginning of the process. President trump thats two distinct questions. We made tremendous strides. Only the fake news says they werent. I dont have to repeat it. If you look at where we were 2 1 2 years ago, i think i can say the hatred everybody had for everybody and where it was going. I said if president obamas term was extended through any method other than having a successor that thought the way that administration thought, you would be right now sat war with north korea. It wouldnt be pretty it would be tough. We have the greatest military in the world by far. We have a greater military now than we had 2 1 2 years ago as you know very well. You reported on it. We bought tremendous equipment from jets to ships to equipment for soldiers. But we are in a much different place now, margaret, than we were 2 1 2 years ago. The Previous Administration wanted to talk. I asked people, why arent they talking. Some bad things happen with talks, too. But we are so far advanced from where weir we were 2 1 2 years ago. And its insulting. The press has lost such credibility. To compare where we are now with 2 1 2 years ago, in a way its insulting, but we are doing well. Lets see what happens in the end. But we are doing well. As far as china is concerned, we are where we are. We are collecting 25 on 250 bill. China is pa