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And he said again the u.s. will offer security assurances to north korea. in what form do we believe that may come? >> he refused a number of times to specifically say what the u.s. would offer onharont whether it would be any type of alteration to the joint military exercise the united states holds with north korea that south korea objects to or something to do with the u.s. military presence. the u.s. defense secretary james mattis was in singapore last week. he said the troops levels in south korea are not on the table in these discussions. pompeo says he hopes tomorrow's summit will open t...

The maximum pressure that's been brought to bear by the united states, allies and china has gotten to us where we are today. that's why i am hopeful that he is coming. that the dictator of north korea is coming to the table to say, it is a strategic shift. it is something that we are going to join the community of nations instead of being a rogue regime. >> i fear you guys are putting too much pressure on president trump. because i think in reality the sanctions have had some effect but remember, by going to this and agreeing to the summit, a number of our allies have pulled back. maximum pres...

>> the year of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed and frankly that patience is over. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and to make a deal. things are moving along well it looks like the meeting is set. the summit is all ready to go and i hope it continues on this track. if it does, the world will be a very happy place. >> bill: from fire and fury and fears ...

Optimistic of a good outcome, i think this summit is basically baked in the cake. we know what we're going get out of this summit which is a declaration of success and a promise to continue to move on. there won't be a lot of specifics but in terms of principle they will agree with the basic idea of denuclearization in return for security guarantees. whether it comes to pass we won't know for years. >> bill: and mike pompeo was asked whether or not troops would be pulled from south korea and would not answer and said take nothing from my answer. why is it so significant he is talking that way ...

Moniker leader of a her mitt kingdom. >> reporter: at that time, cnn was even told plans were being drawn up for a possible u.s. military strike. then came kim's new year's day speech expressing his desire to soften relations with his enemies. the so-called olympic thaw with his sister extending a warm hand to moon jae-in. two meetings between kim and moon, including the optics of a groundbreaking summit, even holding hands and the announcement of a planned summit with president trump. >> we'll be meeting on june 12th in singapore. it went very well. >> reporter: there were two meetings with c...