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By accident and happenstance. we have a sort of situation where the south koreans whisper to the north koreans, hey what about summit? kim says, sure, we can do that. why not? probably doesn't expect this offer to be accepted. goes back to mr. trump. he accepts it and suddenly we're part of a process, and i must say. i think everyone is right to say it is a process. let's not get too excited. also let's not get too disappointed if we hit in a bump in the road a month no from you. something to roll with the punches. i will say this -- i've never seen the north koreans concede so much. haven't e...

Emphasized speed. want it done in a year and the other pieces have to move quickly. kim acknowledged that. we'll have to see. you don't know until the test the proposition and sit down at the table. i must say, it's surprising and at this stage looks pretty good, but we don't want to get ahead of ourselves. >> former u.n. ambassador to the united nations nations and former governor as well. we all know bill richardson. talked to hallie jackson a couple hours ago. she asked what's changed since the last time north and south korea sat down for talks and this is part of what the ambassador said. ...

That's probably a topic of conversation these two have had privately. the backdrop to all of this, the new headlines as they relate to north korea. the president just earlier in the oval office saying that unlike his predecessors, he will not be played. earlier on twitter, he risked, i think, overselling what's happened so far. he said korean war to end. we've seen handshakes between north and south korean leaders before back in 2000. that didn't go anywhere. this president believes it will be different this time around. one of the questions posed to him today is whether he is sending a good m...

He thinks he's done something well, and i think you'll hear him talk about that. again, at the press conference, that's in a few minutes. >> james, we wanted to have you on because you're one of the few folks who spent some time in north korea. i want to go back to the point, the conversation i was just having with bill. the timing. the motivation here. what do you surmise might be behind all of this? is north korea now coming to the table because of conditions in that country have deteriorated to a point kim jong-un has to worry about some sort of uprising? >> i think bill got it right. we're...

Anymore 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. >> and there's been lots more, of course. we didn't include any of the sound from the actual campaign. do we think that -- that part of the president 's rhetoric may have actually brought kim jong-un to the table and perhaps this was on some level an effective strategy? peter? >> well, look you know, that's what the president will say. he says being tough has made a difference unlike his predecessors, unlike barack obam...