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Relations. we were just speaking about ambassador wendy sherman about the term "denuclearization." how much of this is just ensuring that the u.s. and north korea are reading from the same book, chapter and verse, that their definition of this term is the same? >> well, david, that's an aspirational goal. they have to work towards that. there's still a lot of gop in terms of understanding denuclearization, what does what, when, where and how. the core purpose of this singapore summit is to see if there is enough there to delaunch this process that president trump has been talking about. this i...

Extremely aware of tv cameras, of their image, of how this goes down with their own population. so even the first minute of this meeting will be absolutely crucial and absolutely fascinating for the likes of us, david. >> bill neely, my colleague in singapore. eugene scott with loughlin markey. eugene, start with you for a sense of what you are looking for in light of what i was just discussing with bill neely, that is you are looking at this through the prism of what happened in quebec over the last couple of days. how does that change what you are going to be looking for, eugene? >> i think ...

Concessions, that kim may consider opening a western burger joint as a sign of good will. the president whose love of fast food burger is no secret has previous said he wanted to talk nukes over a burger with the north korean leader. yong ha beyond the hamburger, will there be anything left to chew over? sumi terri was in the krae under both presidents bush and obama. what we've heard from president trump about what's possible and what you know about what north korea might be willing to entertain, how big a gap is there between those two? >> there is a wide gap. we talked about this before. no...

After -- or during the iraq war. but usually entirely predictable. not this one. so the north koreans may be saying, hey, if that's what happens at a summit with friends and allies, what can we expe? xpect the unexpected. this will be unpredictable. probably unscripted. remember at the g7 summit, president trump before it even began talked about russia rejoining the g7 to make it the g8. again that was an unscripted remark, apparently not agreed with any national security officials or foreign policy officials. so i think this will be a seat of the pants affair. president trump -- i mean the ey...

Historic, quite a lot. just before he left quebec, president trump was asked about how he felt about the upcoming summit. here's what he said. >> we're about to embark on what may be the most important meeting you've ever had in your life. what's in your gut? steel nerves or butterflies? >> i really feel confident. i feel that kim jong-un wants to do something great for his people and he has that opportunity. >> reporter: and he also said that he won't have that opportunity again. it wasn't a menacing comment, but it is a warning that this is, as president trump said, a one-time shot, a unique...