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Going to deal with the dictator because i don't want a nuclear bomb dropped on your head? >> you have to deal with the president. freb and other presidents before him said they would do the same thing of i think he is laying the drownedwork for de facto acceptance of north korea as a nuclear power. he is going to claim kim jong-un has claimed he is no longer going to test and further develop it. he is claiming they are going down a denuclearization path but everything i have read and the statements don't indicate he is going to push kim jong-un to give up his nuclear weapons. >> does north kor...

Go down a denuclearization path. now, i hope that we're going to see more progress and things are going to be happening behind the scenes. right now we can only react to the words in that statement and to the word of mr. trump. at this point, i don't think he has an understanding of the complexities. and he talks about great things are going to happen in north korea. north korea is in many respects an economic basket case. it has no infrastructure. it doesn't have the potential in the near term for any real significant development. yet he's promising resorts and other types of things. it might...

Into the overall assessment of trying to provide the best information on how -- what makes kim jong-un tick. >> bruce, i don't know if you saw the video we were just playing. i'm going to have my director play it again. that is kim jong-un there meeting with the foreign minister and say thank you for all of the support for the, quoted, provisions provided to north korea. can you pick up anything from this, from the way that he is sitting, his demeanor. there's certainly someone taking copious notes between the two men, which might be a translator. >> just from that little snippet, he seems a l...

Location. it's possible that the chinese could have co-opted, or could have informants working in them. it's a pretty extensive and really interesting way that the chinese are trying to find out what's happening at the summit. despite the fact that they won't be at the table. >> some high-tech and old-fashioned spy craft there, fascinating report, courtney. dr. cha, china obviously will be vital if there's going to be any kind of deal here. any kind of deal that can be enforced by the united states. with north korea in terms of denuclearization. what role will china play, perhaps not tuesday...

Pulling out, basically. walk through how pompeo plays a part in that. >> pompeo has been historically against the iran deal. i think he thought it did not close the door to iranian nuclear capabilities. do the other parts effectively keep going is the question. iran's economy is in trouble. they need economic assistance. even if we walk, there's going to be a lot of incentive for iran to stay on the denuclearization path. >> i think it's important to note the deadline of may 12 isn't the full end all be all. it's president trump's deadline. he's often missed deadlines before. he can punt again...