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On what happened in hanoi. well. there is a couple of things i think we should take away from this we have to call it unfortunately failed at summit meeting on the one hand we saw that it was not prepared at least not well enough we have to we have to remind ourselves that the working level on these negotiations was just recently a step list so there was not a lot of time on the working level to prepare all of the details apparently the big question will be what are the lessons learned for the trump administration in how to move this process forward and it has to be that we need greater flexib...

Last summer. so in the lead-up to this tip summit, there were working level talks and my sources have told me that at the working level talks the bridge between north korea and the united states was very, very wide. and there really was not much movement but president trump decided to call for this head of state level summit in hanoi anyway, which led to not only a scramble to try to get an agreement done, and now, apparently this. which is the lack of an agreement whatsoever ever. >> we are expecting the president to speak in a few moments to field questions from reporters as well, this was e...

Point of view when it comes to trying to nail down north korea's efforts. even the u.s. vice president said last week there have been no concrete signs that they are moving towards denuclearization. so this is going to be the key for many observers and for critics of what will they agree at this meetings. it's clear north korea would like some sanctions relief. they would like the easing of some of these sanctions. of course, we have heard up until now from the u.s. presidents that he's not going to do that until there's complete verifiable denuclearization. but it's very difficult to know exa...

Potential summit. possibly that's when something more concrete happens? >> i think the north koreans have every intention of dragging this out for as long as possible. every second counts, but for the wrong reasons. they have not frozen their stockpile. the longer they can do this and cancel and reschedule and the more working level individual visits and the more time they have to grow stronger while they are being normalized on the world stage. >> you expressed you are worried now. how much more worried are you going to be as this carries on for more weeks or months. >> i get worried every ti...

Or any specific details about agreements that were reached whether formally or verbally. when can we specific that? >> the only specific agreement made was the two national security teams from both the united states and russia would continue at a working level. these discussions, can i tell you ambassador bolton plans to have a meeting, a followup with his counterpart from russia next month in addition to meetings with other european allies to further those discussions, and we'll keep you posted when we have specific details on what that meeting looks like. >> sarah, so does president trump pl...