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The country's main newspaper offering state-directed coverage. me right now, brian mckeon. let me start with you. i understand that there's a general feeling that the summit declaration is less than expected but is it a step in the right direction? >> certainly the meeting is an important step in the right direction and now we begin apro. i don't want to diminish that. i think the statement was a little light on substance. reminds me of the peggy lee song "is that all there is?" a lot less detail that have been in prior statements of this kind. >> dana: is that because the president envisions ...

In south korea. i wonder if you have some thoughts about the people, the americans that have served in that area since 1955? >> yeah, you know, we were placed there when south korea couldn't defend themselves. they relied on us. i served in the 90s. everybody has been there is part of defending our treasured ally in south korea. they can be proud of what is coming in now. if we can get to the point where peace can be achieved, it would be a great accomplishment. everybody would feel like they had a part in making that happen. >> thanks, colonel. >> thank you. >> north koreans learning about th...

Pursuing the nuclear weapon while watching their people starve. in the 90s, they spent $800 million building a mausoleum for kim jong-un. people literally dying and starving. so maybe -- kim jong-un does want to i think improve his economy but to say he's going to change the human rights situation around -- >> sandra: can i ask one last question? at the end of the summit, you think the united states and the world is safer than it was before? >> i do think so. just because it's betterh talking about preventative strike and bloody nose. while it's not ideal, it's a flawed statement because it wa...

The president, someone like looked at a photograph and say that's not description of what has happened there. do you think that tensions amongst the g-7 are not as difficult as the media has been report something. >> yeah, look, it's very easy for folks on the outside to craft a narrative around this. obviously there were some hurt feelings, some back and forth maybe before and during the summit. the reality is, only the folks in that room really understand what was going on. the dynamic is very complicated right now. the united states is in unchartered territory when we think about our tradin...

Position and stepping forward and having to initial negotiations with president trump. he certainly will take a victory lap at home to show his people that he'sancing their security interesting and he's on the world stage at a level with the leading country in the world. >> dana: there's other news with the trade summit that the president just came out of with the g-7 summit. he talked about that in his press conference this morning. take a listen. >> the picture with angela merkel, that i get along with very well, that picture is we're waiting for the document because i wanted to see the fina...