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Yet there they are. a warm moment. and they went and we saw them sitting in chairs. jeff zeleny reports that was because of the height discrepancy. the president of the united states said this was an honor. they are going to have a terrific relationship. the leader of north korea said there have been obstacles but overcame all of them. now we anticipate the two leaders will be only by the people you see on the screen right now, the translators, no policy people. how long will it take. it will be hard for us to know because no reporting on the meeting specifically. let's get to jim clapper form...

There that are absolutely critical to the safety of south vietnam as well as -- >> you have to believe that that is going to be on the table. north korea has such existential concern. jim clapper was on with me and he'll be on again. he said when he met with the north koreans that they had paranoia about bombers. so even if it's not about the personnel on the peninsula, that will get tricky if the north and south have peace, but the idea of bombers may be on the table, military capabilities, ships in the area. are you willing as a democrat, as a member of congress, to give on any of the u.s. c...

To hate and fear the united states of america and now they've had this sunday turnabout. so he has to convey to his domestic audience what is it that north k is going to gain if we give up a capability that we've struggled for decades to achieve. >>ut it will be very interesting to see what comes out of this for the united from the north korean perspective, you have to be happy with this. but republicans and conservatives have been very damning of any type of light treatment of despots, certainly during the obama administration. what will they get on paper? it's a big moment in history, no que...

I also wonder whether dni clapper -- this is an amazing moment, but it is a little bit nixon goes to china. he is a republican president. the republicans are not going to criticize him where they may have crucified a democrat for doing the same thing. this is an important moment to grab the initiative to see whether it can actually pay off down the road. but there needs to be a minimum gotten out of kim jong-un at this summit where he is transformed himself on the international stage and already won a major victory. >> christiane makes a good point. they did crush obama for saying held meet wi...

Parity and to be treated as equals. for kim jong-un, he's done a total 360 in the space of several months. he's gone from international pariah to international statesman. he's gone from the madman of the hermit kingdom to the m who is able to summon a summit with the the president of the united states having already laid the groundwork with the president of south korea and having just presented himself as somebody who is able to almost flip on a dime. >> so let's bring in jim clapper. this is fairly extraordinary. i am no stranger to the fact sometimes in these live events we can hype simple m...