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Next month, scaled down drills, i should mention, if they go ahead, then they don't believe the working level talks between north korea and the u.s. can go ahead. what they are suggesting is that they have been promised from the leadership level, ie, president trump, back in singapore, a year and a half ago that there was going to be no more military drills between the u.s. and south korea, specifying as well that this was reconfirmed when kim jong un met with president trump at the dmz a couple of weeks ago. already we're seeing a speed bump in the potential talks going back on track. just to...

Very difficult. we'll have to see what the working level talks with bring. >> for the time being a major propaganda win for the north koreans. paula hancocks live for us. thank you. newly minted white house press secretary stephanie grisham an apparent victim. she got into a scuffle with north korean officials outside a meeting room. a source at the scene described it as an all out brawl and said grisham was a bit bruised. several u.s. journalists gave her a nod for assuring the press freedoms. a check on business, a temporary truce in the u.s./china trade war. president trump and chinese ...

Everybody needs to remember, is a ruthless, brutal dictator, who was determined to keep north korea as a nuclear weapon state. nothing that we have seen in the last year suggests that it is going to change anytime soon. so the question is what's the deal look like? how are we going to reduce the threat? there is some talk today, headline in "the new york times" that maybe we are going to return to that deal that was on the table as an initial limited step to really get the ball rolling. let's see what happens in these working level talks. >> bill: i think that john bolton talked about that ear...

But not as complicated as people think. >> cnn's paula hancocks is in south korea. when are the implications of this historic meeting? >> reporter: well, manu, what we were promised this morning was effectively a hand chicago shake or two-minute chat. what we saw was more than that. more than an order the two leaders were behind closed doors. it was the leader and the u.s. and the leader of north korea. so it was more than we were expecting. now, of course we don't know exactly what was said behind those closed doors. i mean, this wasn't a summit. but also potentially it's a little more than j...

What hans was saying as they look at low level talks and try to put a plan together in the next two to three week ss? >> the main thing you are looking for is the u.s. top working level negotiator starting meetings with his counterpart. up until this meeting that took place yesterday, it wasn't even clear who his counterpart was. i think we have some idea of who it is, both ambassador hill and i have worked with that person in the six party talks for the last agreement. those working level talks need to start closing the gap on things like how do we define denuclearization? are the north korea...