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Then when he delivered this address, that was all taken out. so today the emphasis was all about there being preconditions, and big conditions. as he said it, a sustained cessation of north korean dangerous behavior. that's a big pre-condition right there. we don't really know the evolution of this fully. the state department says, well, he decides what he's going to say and what venue. so in his view, he doesn't want there to it be preconditions, obviously. but almost in the same breath he talks about things that certainly sound like preconditions. >> significant also that north korea was the...

>> we're ready to talk any time north korea would like to talk. and we're ready to have the first meeting without pre-condition. it is not realistic to say we're only going to talk if you come to the table ready to give up your program. they have too much invested in it. >> the question is, which approach is it? some like vladimir putin and the russians took tillerson's comments to mean it was a good sign that the u.s. may be backing down on its military threat. now the white house, though, came out to reiterate the president stance on north korea has not changed saying negotiations will not h...

Negotiations were taking place. he didn't raise the issue of human rights activists. an initial deal because that's all iran was willing to negotiate about. >> constraints are on the region, stops them from developing ballistic missiles, improves their human rights practice. of course we would like to do that. the problem is making that a pre-condition of the deal would have ensured you got neither of that nor the constraints on nuclear weapons. the nuclear weapons was the most urgent issue and the most important issue, and it was one we could rally the international community to join us in pu...

That pyongyang may be opening the door for diplomacy. >> reporter: but only on their own terms, brianna, because north korea wants to be recognized as a nuclear power. they had it written into their constitution, and the u.s. has said for a long time that any pre-condition for talks with north korea that they care freeze or dismantling the arsenal altogether, something north korea said wouldn't happen. i want to read you a little of that call. it said, quote, president moon and president trump reaffirmed their view that it's important to review sanctions on north korea so it refrains from maki...

>> well, i would suggest that we hold talks with north korea. and i've suggested this in the past because this is a logical way forward. those talks have to be held without the pre-condition that has been put on them that you have to give up your nuclear programs and then we'll talk to you. that is not realistic. that this is their guarantee of survival. and so what the north korean regime has to understand, okay, so you have a nuclear weapon with a missile. new behave yourself and be a normal country. and stop threatening people and you don't have to worry about the united states threatening ...