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Breaking news. a letter from a top north korean official is apparently what led the president to cancel secretary of state mike pompeo's latest trip to north korea. our colleague josh rogin reported it that pompeo received the letter from kim yong-chol, a top aide to kim jong-un. cnn has confirmed the letter sent to pompeo that warned the denuclearization process was at stake and may fall apart. cnn's will ripley live in hong kong. will, what is the latest? >> reporter: laura, essentially this is the biggest warning sign yet that this new diplomatic relationship with the united states and nort...

In taking a step forward to signing a peace treaty. that is the sticking point. the north koreans want a peace treaty up front and denuclearization later as part of the step by step process of lifting of sanctions. many believe the economic aid and peace treaty should not come until the end of the denuclearization process. after dukkim jong-un agrees to e up the nuclear weapons. that is the gridlock we have seen play out since secretary pompeo's disappointing trip to pyongyang in july. now this letter essentially indicating if pompeo had gone back to pyongyang, the meeting would have done more...

The letter from the top aide to kim jong-un. it warned the denuclearization process could fall apart. will ripley is live in hong kong with latest. will. >> reporter: dave, this could be the biggest threat to the new diplomatic relationship with the united states and north korea. the north koreans saying in the letter if the u.s. doesn't move on the key sticking point which is peace treaty, this process to fall apart. that means north korea could go back to prior to the diplomacy which is testing nuclear devices. a source told me the u.s. is still not ready to meet north korean expectations in...

>> sandra: the progress is the question because we were led to believe through the state department that we were seeing significant process. here speaking on behalf of the state department just days before the president canceled the strip, listen. >> the concentrations continue. we have made significant movements over the past six months. in fact, we have had more conversations and consultations with the north koreans in six months then we have been virtually the past ten years. so we think we are on fairly strong footing here. >> sandra: the progress to which she refers is being called into q...

Looking to put out people under pressure. >> whole industries and no collapsing. >> america has been the best market for us the best market in the history. it is a huge loss, we could have revised this industry but we lost the chance. >> now with the iranian oil at 30 half the it was, numbers are growing. in particular people for your november which is when the next round of sanctions will hit oil exports that observe the state could lead to a total collapse of the economy. >> brett: benjamin hall in london, thank you. mike pompeo and counterparts from japan and south korea are recommitting to...