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Keeps going up as the threat level from north korea is going down. officials say canceling the drills has nothing to do with this week at summit. >> let's bring in gordon chang, great to have you with us tonight. i want to start with you on the us no longer having large military exercises. what do you think of the explanation and is a good idea? >> we have to continue large-scale exercises. at this moment the north koreans are participating in their massive winter training cycle and they are preparing for an invasion of south korea. these exercises and this month, the ground conditions for an ...

Accepted a very vague, poorly crafted agreement, which really accepted the north korean paradigm that denuclearization is but one of many equal issues whereas in the past the u.s. had always emphasized denuclearization was the issue at that benefits would be provided but the focus had to be a denuclearization. also canceling unilaterally the military exercises to the surprise of the defense department and our allies. that's been a gift that's kept on giving for north korea. we canceled nine military exercises. we put constraints on additional exercises at a time when north korea did not have t...

>> two things we should have by now. people were talking about this in june. one of them, of course, is a declaration by the north koreans of all their missile and nuclear weapons facilities and the second a firm timetable for disarmament. those are the two pre-conditions for further discussions with the north koreans. if we don't get those, a lot of people say we won't. if we don't get those, trace, i think we have to go not talk to the north koreans, apply the pressure so they realize that they have no choice but to disarm. >> i've got to go. i want to get your take on whether the president ...

But that is the explanation when you look at exactly what they've been doing and what they've been saying about the north koreans. >> he's still in the air. we have two days u.s. time until this thing gets under way. give us your best possible scenario and, sadly, your worst possible scenario. >> the worst possible scenario is that trump gives in to kim in terms of a, quote/unquote, peace declaration to end the korean war. it won't be a formal peace treaty because you need all the parties to do that, but if there's some sort of statement to that effect, and the reason why this is not good for ...

Alliance with the united states. and the problem is the north koreans right now are in the middle of their winter training cycle. this is massive military exercises, so the north koreans haven't gotten the peace message. south korea is in danger because it has a president who really wants to unify the two koreas on north korea's terms. this is crazy dangerous for us. >> i saw where you said to one of our producers tonight you believe it is possible someday that the north would agree to abandon their weapons. under what scenario? >> under the scenario that the president goes back to what he was...