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The u.s. knew that going into it that north korea was really going to push for sanctions relief and that's what they wanted. i think the president thought that he could offer something else and try to get to some sort of deal and ultimately between that and the fact that north korea was not willing to move towards decnuclearization as the u.s. defines it meant they weren't able to get to an agreement at this time. >> when we walked away from the singapore summit we thought there would be another summit, there was now in hanoi. but now no deal on the table and no promise of anything happening i...

Carol lee joins us. thank you for joining us today. you reported that the trump administration had dropped the u.s. demand that north korea agree to a full disclosure of its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile weapons as part of this summit. break down for us, carol, how that played in to ultimately what we saw transpire. >> reporter: well i think what we're seeing now is that it was an indicator that the u.s. had decided not to push on this issue in this particular round of talks, it was indicated how much of a sticking point decnuclearization was and particularly the meaning of what that w...

Kim jong-un is still here and it will be really interesting to see what north korean state media says about this failure. how they explain it and whether that matches president trump's explanation. during his news conference i think you can point to three areas of disagreement, if you like. one was on the definition of decnuclearization itself and that's been there right through these negotiations. the president saying kim has a vision. it's not ours. remember for the united states it's clear that just get rid of your nuclear weapons for north korea it's a matter of the united states removing ...

Deal, what a terrible thing he did. you have to be prepared to walk. there was a potential. we could have signed something. i could have 100% signed something today. we actually had papers ready to sign. it just wasn't appropriate. i want to do it right. i much rather do it right than fast. >> the white house issued a statement saying president trump and north korea's kim jong-un had a very good and constructive meeting. the two leaders discussed various ways to advance decnuclearization. the statement continues to say no agreement was reached at this time but the respective teams look forward...