Page 2 - On Denuclearization News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Did he put kim jong-un back on the world stage, allowing him to sit across from an american president without knowing what was going to happen? before it all fell apart, there was the dinner last night, then the meeting today. the north korean dictator even took a question from a reporter on denuclearization, something he's never done before. but a short time later, the announcement. the working lunch was canceled. the table empty. the white house revealing no agreement. and tonight, the north koreans, just a short time ago, taking on the president with their own version of what happened here....

People here and at home hope it is not the only thing to come out of the meeting, that photo up, the handshake but they are looking for a real concrete path to denuclearization. heather: must be exciting to be there. what would a win look like from both countries from this we summit. here to weigh in is our foreign-policy panel, defense priority policy director benjamin friedman and former spokesperson to the mission to the united nations, and asia expert with the heritage foundation, thank you for joining us, potentially and exciting day. as we begin our conversation let's go down the line an...

Advisors. at the forefront of kim jong un's mind are the lessons learned from other dictators like muammar qaddafi, who gave up his nuclear weapons capability and was overthrown. and i think you get back to something your previous guests said, and enter the war would give kim jong un some level of confidence that we recognize his regime, that might be something that we tell mike might him to pursue at least some initial steps towards denuclearization. >> shannon: down half their life on the ground in vietnam, thank you very much for your insight, it's always great to have you. >> thanks. >> sh...

Nuclear materials at one of its primary facilities that we heard about during the singapore summit. it would include 300 different buildings and several acres. what do you think of that? if any of that ends up being true? >> that would be an okay deal but it would fall pretty far short of denuclearization let alone fire viable -- verifiable denuclearization. it is a step towards better relations but pretty far short of what some people expect. it would be a poor man's agreed framework which is what the united states got with the north koreans back in 1994. heather: olivia, your thoughts on the...

Lauren blanchard continues team coverage. thank you so much. >> the president is back at his hotel resting up before his dinner with kim jong un later today. is trying to make the message between his tweets and remarks earlier that north korea could have a better economy like vietnam but the cost is denuclearization. >> the world is getting to see the incredible job you have done in vietnam in a short period of time. i look forward to the meeting tonight. chairman kim wants to do something on par with what you have done in a short time, you can do it in a rapid time. >> reporter: donald trump ...