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On testing or stopping testing, freeing three hostages, but at saw nothing that he offered. >> the president clearly believes that kim jong-un is preparing and planning to get rid, denuclearize. the regime itting out statements about their portrayal of what is taking place here. they are focusing on what they are saying stopping what they call war games. >> he is at least willing to get a chance and risk diplomatic capital. it is a remarkable step. the president is taking a risk here. i spent the last 24 hours speaking to members of previous administrations who made deals with the north korean...

Clinton administration. they agreed to denuclearize. it was 2002 that we found out, six years later, that they were cheating. it feels to me like that's a real danger. when you helped negotiate the iran deal, aren't those kinds of checks, cameras, inspections, that's the heart of the process? >> fareed, that's exactly right. the president to some extent has already hoisted on his own hyperbo hyperbole. he tore down the iran deal, every conceivable adjective. now can he meet the same standard with north korea. can he get them up front as iran did to dismantle virtually the entirety of its progr...

Also reiterating that he is willing to walk away from negotiations. >> if they don't denuclearize, that will not be acceptable. we cannot take sanctions off. >> maximum pressure is absolutely in effect. we don't use the term anymore because we're going into a friendly negotiation. you hear me saying we're going to use maximum pressure, you'll know the negotiation did not do well, frankly. >> reporter: the president suggesting that the summit could be extended and that he would not hesitate to invite kim to the white house if talks go well. >> i think it will be well received. i think he would ...

Very fruitful. >> and this will not be just a photo op, this will be, at a minimum, we'll start with perhaps a good relationship and that's something that's very important toward the ultimate making of a deal. i would love to say it could happen in one deal, and maybe it can. they have to denuke. if they don't denuclearize, that will not be acceptable. we cannot take sanctions off. the sanctions are extraordinarily powerful. i could add a lot more, but i've chosen not to do that at this time. >> meanwhile, the president apparently is not looking forward to that other summit. we're talking abou...

Can. they have to denuke. if they don't denuclearize, that will not be acceptable. we cannot take sanctions off. the sanctions are extraordinarily powerful. we cannot -- and i could add a lot more, but i've chosen not to do that at this time. but that may happen. by the way, with iran, we're adding tremendously powerful sanctions. they understand that very well. i think iran already is not the same country if you look -- i don't think they're looking so much to the mediterranean like they were two months ago, so it's a big difference. it was number one nuclear, but also you get the side benefi...