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>> paula hancocks joins us from seoul with more. we know the representatives from south korea and north korea are meeting for the first time in two years face to face. president trump appearing to take credit for it. does he deserve credit here? >> well, you're not going to get any kind of response from the south korean side. they're really focused more on making sure these talks on tuesday actually go somewhere, making sure that north korea is going to attend the winter olympics in south korea. not just because, because they don't want any kind of provocation, any missile launch, nuclear test...

J jae-i jae-in called them the peace olympics. on the other hand, we have heard from president moon as well saying he hopes that this will lead further, that we're not just going to talk about olympics, that they're going to broaden it out, talk about the nuclear issue and also saying that he wants to bring the international community into this as well. he's already spoken to the u.s. president donald trump and has the -- effectively the blessing, if you like, from the u.s. president, saying he hopes these talks are going to be successful and that he will also be sending his own delegation, in...

At the same time, there are some serious questions about whether he or people around him have taken moves to obstruct the process. what do you make about what you just heard there? his comments on this investigation? >> we're not surprised to hear that he said there has been no collusion, that has been the president's line from the beginning. i imagine it will be until the end. i still think that perhaps democrats in particular are holding on to too much hope when it comes to this idea that the russian investigation is going to be what topples over this presidency. you know, i don't think that...

Stable. he described himself as a very stable genius, that's the quote. so here's the question, we're seeing this president show the world his resume, he feels the need to tell the world about his resume. does this push back help or hurt the president and is he just helping this office sell more books? >> well, that's a very good point. michael wolff, the author comes out saying where do i send the box of chocolates too. we have to ask ourselves with this book, do we have a reliable narrator. i'm speaking about wolff, who in past has been accused of coloring his journalism with gossip and cult...

Protesting what i just mentioned. so there is still a lot that we don't know. what we do know at this point is that the context of these arrests is about how -- how this interesting time that saudi arabia is going through. over the last couple of months, we have seen that there have been social and financial reforms that saudi arabia has been trying to implement. and in november, as you mentioned earlier, there was a huge crackdown under the umbrella of corruption sweep that ensnared royals, business men, as well as senior government officials. and the shake-up in saudi arabia is thought to be...