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That's an extraordinarily important issue for the united states that must b must -- matht must be raised. ed: sometimes we get so wrapped up in the negotiations of the here and now. but it's breathtaking the idea as well, i read that 20% of the korean population was wiped out, killed in the korean war. here we are all these years later and the war technically is not over. it never ended. >> we are living in this in between world. we have 28,500 troops will to defend south korea. but i think if you look at the way the dynamics of this are playing out. this is a moment for an abrupt change if ev...

All presidents might increase to the world. >> it would give the democrats heartburn for sure but for americans and for those who don't want to seat military strikes in the korean peninsula where we have 28500 troops stationed and never mind the korean people themselves -- let's give this a chance. i don't see what the downside is. donald trump is unpredictable. he is atypical and maybe this works in his favor and maybe this time he has made a mess out of canada and out of that summit with our allies and he has alienated those that we most need a moment like this so there is very good reason t...

Away their nukes, and the u.s. not having troops in south korea any longer. is that on the table? >> well, that's what the north koreans want. they want the u.s. to end its alliance with south korea, take our 28,500 service personnel off the peninsula. also in the past when the north koreans have talked about denuclearization they have talked about the u.s. giving up its nuclear arsenal as well. so that's a very broad term, and obviously there are a lot of things in there that are just not acceptable to the u.s. but those two definitions, ours and theirs, are miles apart. let's listen to secre...

Trust our guarantees. he knows in the united states every four or eight years there is a new administration and no administration is beholding to what the predecessors did. >> harris: that is an interesting point. i want to lean on your military background, amber. militarily it's been talked about and i had a democrat congressman on earlier this hour, garamendi from california kind of laying out the stakes of all of this. and the military component of it is on the table for him. what do you say about that? >> military options are always on the table. >> harris: what would it look like? >> ther...

Substance of the issue and there there is not going to be agreement. but, at least what they are doing is they are defining the agenda and that is going to be important. the other advance team was heading to singapore that will be logistics. where do you meet all the circumstances of that. that's more detailed. >> how do you think kim jong un defines denuclearization? that's important, too. >> yeah. well, he probably defines it as the united states removing itself from the peninsula. breaking the treaty with south korea. getting our 28,500 service personnel out of south korea. he may even defi...