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Idea. >> kim jong-un has been on the world stage as a reclusive leader but all of a sudden he's out there, meeting with world leaders. does this put new pressure on president trump? >> i think it definitely does. you see he's embraced as a world leader. he met twice with president xi jinping and he's meeting with the russians. and they're talking about what they would like to see in a nuclear deal step by step. it's hard to put the jenie back in a bottle because kim jong-un is now acting like the statesman that everyone hoped he would when he took over for his problem. the problem, wolf, is th...

Runup to this meeting it's a real guide to what is likely to follow out of the meeting. the idea they're going to walk out of a room in singapore and we are going to have a smooth path toward denuclearization and better relationships without the same kinds of ups and downs i think is very misguided. i think the past is a very good prologue of what we can expect, moments of euphoria and moments everything is coming apart again. >> mitch mcconnell had advice for the president. listen to this. >> you can anticipate the north koreans making every effort they can to get sanctions and other relief a...

Affairs correspondent. what are you hearing from behind the scenes? >> wolf, clearly the president and his aides realized that a deal was not going to be possible on june 12th, the kind of nuclear deal that the president wanted. but he obviously thought there was enough goodwill, enough willingness by the north koreans to try and develop some relationship and keep going. i mean, look, it doesn't mean that there won't be anything coming out of the summit, but i think they've clearly walked back their expectations and now they're hoping for some small deliverables such as the moratorium on testi...

Pressure. it's staying the way it is. >> do you believe kim is committed to denuclearization? >> i do. he wants to be careful, he wants to be -- he's not going to run and do things, but i told him, to be honest with you, we have sanctions on, they're very powerful sanctions, we would not take sanctions off unless they do that. the sanctions are powerful, you'll see how powerful sanctions are when it comes to iran. see what that's doing to iran. so we have sanctions on. and at a certain point -- i tell you what, i look forward to the day when i can take the sanctions off of naurks north korea. ...

So what this is telling us is denuclearization, it's a great word, but it's very technical, very nuts and bolts, and the first indications from international agencies are not so fast. this video does not apparently show what the north koreans want the world to think it shows. >> they allowed international journalists including our own will ripley to observe the explosions but didn't allow arms experts to go and see. that was a clue from the beginning as well. barbara, thank you. joining us now congressman gerald connelly. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> great to be with you, wolf. >> wh...