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Buying tickets because whole different feeling when north said we'd love to go to the olympics. >> to help figure out what this means for north and south korea and what president trump's role might be in any possible peace process, i'm joined by nbc news korean affairs analyst victor cha. he's a senior adviser and korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies. and tim sharek a writer for "the nation" raised in japan and korea and has been writing about korean politics for several daktds. victor, let me start with you. the question, why did yesterday happen? >> well, i think...

Statements about denuclearization at the summit between the two korean leaders, there still are lots of questions about whether the north korean leader is really ready to give up their weapons. so this summit has had the effect of even increasing even further the expectations that are put on donald trump to see if he can convince the north korean leader to give up his weapons. that's the next step in all this. and the united states is going to have to work hard prior to that meeting to try to prenegotiate the terms of some sort of nuclear deal because right now it doesn't really appear evident...

He's already stated he's completed his program and is ready now for dialogue. so i think for a combination of all those reasons that's why the north was interested in dialogue. and in south korea president moon has been waiting for this moment when the north would open the door so he could then engage with them. >> tim, what's your read on it? >> well, i agree with victor. i think that the impetus for this came from president moon, though. i was in korea a year ago when he was running for president, and i saw him at several campaign rallies in the city of qiangju in the southwest. and he held ...

>> to help figure out what this means for north and south korea and what president trump's role might be in any possible peace process, i'm joined by nbc news korean affairs analyst victor cha. he's a senior adviser and korea chair at the centeror strategic and international studies. and tim sharek a writer for "the nation" raise in japan and korea and has been writing about korean politics f several daktds. victor, let me start with you. the questi, why did yesterday happen? >> well, i think it happened for a variety of asons, chris. one is that the trump administration has had a sanctions ca...

All those reasons that's why the north was interested in dialogue. and in south korea president moon has been waiting for this moment when the north would open the door so he could then engage with them. >> tim, what's your read on it? >> well, i agree with victor. i think that the impetus for this came from president moon, though. i was in korea a year ago when he was running for president, and i saw him at several campaign rallies in the city of qiangju in the southwest. and he held up a picture of himself with his predecessors who had the engagement policy called the sunshine policy, kim da...