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Really will we see a process in which there is a measure for measure and you starte an accelerated process the americans have wanted in terms of denuclearization, in terms of demobilization. the north koreans all along wanted deescalation and development. if we can get these four ds and two on ehaps you have a process that actually could lead to success, but it's early days. >> in addition to china, north korea is a clear winner from all of this. they get the flag right alongside the united states flag. kim jong-un elevated to a status he could not have accomplished any other way, legitimized ...

The singapore summit. we start with president trump landing at joint base andrews in an hour following his historic meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. the president has employment of work -- has plenty of work to do to show the summit was more than just a photo op, s u.s. will stopitary exerces with south korea. what he called provocative war games. it caught tokyo and seoul offguard. he said the u.s. would continue to train with south korean counterparts, but not large-scale joint exercises. lack of clarity causing confusion on capitol hill and elsewhere. critics and experts say ...

A dialogue, ratcheting down of tensions. the question is how do we get from here, the moment we reached, to verifying denuclearization. and there are a lot of people on the side of -- in part experts, in part those who watch closely who say, listen, we are so far from that moment, and the summit didn't bring us any closer. on the other end, folks say, listenre this to six months ago, nine months ago. there's certainly a ratcheting down of tensions that is only helpful in terms of using diplomacy to move us to a different moment that is -- has much less tension in it and less potential for real...

Bring up human rights. but for north korea and for kim jong-un, human rights is a very sensitive issue. they would see it as an invasion of their sovereignty. and you know, the reason it's a sensitive issue is because kim jong-un needs to repress his people to stay in power, so if president trump does bring it up, i wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't push it to make sure that the environment or the conditions for summit remain positive. >> so, the president has tamped down the expectations for this meeting, you know, initially saying he would accept nothing more than verifying denuclearizatio...