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There would be a transcript, but there have been other summits, reagan and gorbachev in geneva when they met for an hour by themselves with translators. there have been times before when that has happened. i want to ask you about human rights and the question of the issue. here's the former ambassador bill richardson on those. >> the president should not leave human rights aside in this negotiation. the gulag issues in north korea, the remains of our soldiers from the korean war should be returned to their families. there's about 5,000 of those. help the japanese on the abduction issue. i thin...

Delusional hope here but there's cautious optism that we are see -- optimism that we are seeing developments. >> also mentioned at last week's white house summit with president trump, japanese prime minister abe's concern about humanitarian issues especially japanese citizens who have been kidnapped by north korea. >> translator: i have explained the abduction issue again and conveyed to him the earnest wish of the families of the abductees. >> both countries interest will be taken into account in singapore according to secretary of state pompeo. >> there's no daylight between the south korean...

The north koreans again, how do you think they'll react if president trump does what he claims he's going to do, which is bring up the issue of human rights in north korea, the abductees, policy randomly kidnapping japanese individuals. i'm struck by iran. he was scathing about the iranian government's repression. they're an open society compared to north korea which really is a kind of, you know, perhaps the most repressive regime in the world. >> north koreans are not going to react well. i think kim jong-un is very sensitive about human rights issue. this is a guy that's been declared by th...

Delusional hope here but there's cautious optism that we are see -- optimism that we are seeing developments. >> also mentioned at last week's white house summit with president trump, japanese prime minister abe's concern about humanitarian issues especially japanese citizens who have been kidnapped by north korea. >> translator: i have explained the abduction issue again and conveyed to him the earnest wish of the families of the abductees. >> both countries interest will be taken into account in singapore according to secretary of state pompeo. >> there's no daylight between the south korean...

Nuclear weapons and nuclear program, production capability, material and ballistic missile program. taking the political part of that apart is to give the concession, the major concession that the north koreans seek, something we should be willing to do eventually. chris: governor, i have about 30 seconds, quick question, if president trump brings up human rights and the repression inside north korea, how will that be received by kim? >> well, he will be nervous about it but the president should bring those issues up. the issue is in north korea. the remains of our soldiers from the korean war...