like we're north korea decided to talk to the united states and south korea at that when north korea became a state also that sanctions were immediately imposed from day one of its existence it is an important factor but it is not the only one. but when the situation got really dicey at the end of last year and it felt like war was inevitable but if things suddenly began to change south korea never stopped trying to talk to the north and the p. and chong olympics allowed us to make significant progress so it was a good excuse and a good opportunity to sit down together thoughts and most of the bits and both countries came to an understanding during the storks which is north koreans also did not once and mrs chance to talk to us and then after the talks south korea's signals to the united states to china to russia and japan that there was progress to be made and that north korea was really in dialogue. and now we all see progress which means that it wasn't just the sanctions that made a difference between north korean leader kim jong un was educated in the west and he understands what

believe that north korea needs to ta ke believe that north korea needs to take substantive measures first in orderfor the sanctions take substantive measures first in order for the sanctions to be relieved. in terms of the sanctions imposed by the united nations security council, they have been strengthened along the way following north korea's series of provocations. so if north korea ta kes provocations. so if north korea takes denuclearisation measures in a sincere way, and if we can reach an irreversible stage, then we will be able to think about relieving un sanctions. ok, so when it comes to your trip to europe how you hoping european leaders will help? what you be asking them for? europe has been providing stead fast support to us bya providing stead fast support to us by a government's efforts to achieve the new cure asian —— denuclearisation and peace on the korean peninsular. i would like to convey my gratitude for the countries of europe this. although process has a long way to go and there will be more bumps and bruises along the way, we will be asking for continued suppor

and north korea is on the horizon questions remain while north korea give up its nuclear weapons for good or are we going to thrust in another round of chance my guests today. president of the korea and such as for the international economic policy. there's light at the end of the tunnel for the korean peninsula the threat of imminent war has passed for now with the north and south leaders shaking hands and planning meetings with the american president. prevail and bring about a career without nuclear weapons is kim jong un's peace overtures and donald trump's sudden about face trustworthy so what can the rest of the world do to help begins the catastrophic conflict is spreading this year we thank you for being with us today delighted to have you so recently the north korean leader wrote a warm letter to president truong and now we see that a second meeting may be on the cards just can we expect any tangible results from it. but there might be a new summit between donald trump. seems that this time it will be a more productive meeting and we can expect tangible results of course thei

korea so as to show that north korea what it will be able to receive in the future. of course, if we reach a certain point of denuclearization in north korea, we would also need to seriously think about relieving sanctions against north korea in an incremental way. with regards to the end of war declaration, if the us seem unwilling to offer this at the moment, both koreas have signed a declaration they want it by the end of the year. if the us is not willing to give the koreans what they want, what will you do? for the end of war declaration, i had ample discussions with president trump as well as other us officials on this issue and, if north korea takes certain measures, then the end of war declaration will be a political statement which will announce that the long—standing hostile relations between north korea and washington has ended, so we need to have this declaration at the earliest possible date and i believe there is a shared understanding between washington and seoul regarding this point. so i believe it is only a matter of time, a matter of date, that w

content they send into north korea. there are no more balloon launches. pursuant to the military to military agreement, given the existence of the no-fly zone, there will be no more balloons are drones. one of the few vehicles left is plastic bottles that are filled with rice. -- are inserted and thrown into the sea. the current take some of north. there have been instances when south korean cops showed up, asked to see the usbs, checked the content. anything about the assassination of his brother in malaysia, not ok. k-pop,religious drama -- religious,, still ok. a couple of weeks ago, colonel maxwell, roberta and i spoke with a chief who mentioned the lorean -- korean escapee that appeared and complained that there were no more public appearances. they are no longer invited to speak in south korea. in that regard, there are serious concerns. what it takes is to protect, support and give a voice to these escapees. certainly, there is another aspect. that is u.n. action. in that regard, i mentioned that informal coaliti

we will be unstinting and our assistant and lease the potential north korea holds. however, i must reiterate one thing time and time again. we will bring about the return of all japanese abductees. i am determined to make this a a reality. in order to resolve the abductions issue i am also ready to break the shell of mutual distrust with north korea, get off to a new start, and meet face-to-face with chairman kim jong-un. at present nothing has been decided regarding a japan north korea summit meeting, but if we are going to hold one, that i am determined and must be a meeting that contributes to the resolution. i wish to comment briefly on japan-china relations as well. the mutual visit of the leaders levels of the condition will continue with me visiting china next month to be followed by my inviting president xi jinping to japan, thereby adding to our bilateral relations and to the entire region another definitive axle for stability. when the confrontation, confrontational structure is cleared out of northeast asia the maritime corridor running from the arctic oc

how is north korea evading sanctions? a lot of this is happening out at sea and it requires foreign partners willing to trade legally. there has been a big increase in transfers and petroleum between foreign tankers and north korean ships. this enables north korean ships. this enables north korea to effectively import these resources restricted under international sanctions. more than 20 north korean ships have already been blacklisted by the un for smuggling fuel. ships conceal their activities by turning a tracking systems or masking the ship's true identity. north korea has also been observed shipping weapons. in 2016, 30,000 grenades were bound to the suez canal. the ship under a cambodian flag was crewed by north koreans. the consignment was forced the labelled assembly parts for underwater pumps. now the us and others want to expose the companies involved in sanctions violations. but north korea says it can withstand pressure from the international community. the perception that sanctions can bring us on our percept

korea productively our relationship with north korea did not come about yesterday in north korea's history of this t. is seventy years we are one of very few countries that has seventy years of history of diplomatic relationship with them when i was being born to the ground our ambassador most of them bastards were leaving in. one a few of those that stayed here you know to show the solidarity was among go in the best they never forget that so. during korea war there were many orphans and although mongolia is a small country but with all our heart we tried to help them and we brought many korean more friends to come and stay in mongolian families so already we have family relationships so the relationships are very deep and very longstanding and on the basis of this we are really communicating with the most koreans and we're really trying to also bring across the idea that the nuclearization is a much better option because and in this there is no double standard or hypocrisy we are new to nuclear free status country so we're telling well that's what we are and this policy is working for us

you're talking about north korea? who are you with? >> france 24. >> it is amazing the way the media says that. for 80 years they couldn't do a thing. three months of negotiation, it is ridiculous. have said 1000 times we have no rockets flying and no missiles flying, no nuclear testing. theyave nuclear closings, are closing up different areas of north korea. we are getting the remains back, it has already started of our great heroes. we got hostages back and i didn't pay $1.8 billion like the previous administration. we paid nothing. i have agreed to meet and spend time. how long has it been since we left singapore? three months or so. and that is the media saying, how could we be negative. he has done well, how could we be negative. i think this feed is amazing. you have no nuclear tests and no rockets. we have a good relationship with chairman kim which is very important. i like him, he likes me. the relationship is good. mike pompeo had a good meeting. i spoke to him at length yesterday. he will be coming back and he will be back t

if he had had an extra year he would be in a war with north korea. he said it's by far his biggest problem. and i'm not knocking him. look at what we've done and yet when they talk about north korea say what's taken so long? 70 or so odd years and they say i left singapore where we had our meeting, where we really had a very good meeting and a good relationship, like four months ago. they say the new line is what's taking so long? >> laura: how does it help expand your base to call them the enemy of the people? how does it help america heal in times like this? >> president trump: before we finished, we done a great job with north korea. they said we can't get them on anything because the sanctions are wrong, there's no missiles, we got our hostages back. we have the remains coming back. everything. now the new line is -- >> laura: why are you expecting there going to be fair to you? they're never going to be fair to you.

work the words north korea. the iran deal bringing attention to the world and every country needs to understand you can't overlook all these things. you need to see them for the threats they are. i think you look at the anti-israel bias and the strength and courage that the president showed in moving and showing the rest of the world we will put an embassy where we want to put our embassy. all of those things have made a difference in the u.s. standing, but i can tell you that if the u.s. is strong again and in a way that should make all americans very proud. and i do want to say that it's not just the president i want to thank. the family in general, the first lady has been nothing but very kind to me. i can't say enough good things about jared and ivanka. he's such a genius no one understands. to do the nafta deal the way he did. working with him on the middle east peace plan, it is so unbelievably well done. and ivanka has been great. they do a lot of things behind the scenes i wish more people knew about bec

or north korea and i think in many ways trump is like flying solo and has a lot. lot of the pentagon working against him and trying to undermine him i think that. in general i would say that the united states and its you know it's sort of tool which is the united nations command has been a primary obstacle towards the. towards moves for peace and for reunification i think that were it not for the united states i.q. patient thirty thousand troops in south korea. the intense intense interlocking sanctions against the country that are to have prevented north and south korea from taking concrete steps towards integrating for example the railways . i think that things would be moving even more quickly and i think that really i mean the primary thing that the united states has to do is really just get out of the way and let the korean people determine their own destiny i mean there's the will for it there is the knowledge and the intellect the know how and you know in the dr how do we got a lot of the way like you're saying would we have seen this peace between north an

how significant are these agreements between north and south korea towards peace. i mean i think they're incredibly significant and you know it's definitely important to a context allies the moves that you know that this isn't a new initiative that there's been a a you know a decades long desire for peace and for you reunification on the korean peninsula and there have been numerous practical concrete steps that have taken place you know this is kind of the third iteration that we're seeing right now sense the. june fifteenth two thousand agreement between the north and the south and i think that what's unique right now is the repeated with which events are taking place you know it was just january first of this year that kim jong un in his new year's address you know reached out to south korea and initiated this entire process and so in that sense i think it's quite remarkable what has happened these last. ten months that's a really great great observation to have how fast this is moving is really struck me that's why i keep coming back to the subject as i figured

korea's moon the pope would be enthusiastically welcomed in north korea. what do you think the motivation is there? >> it's kim jong-un trying to flatter the world, show the world he can bring in big names, big people. the president of the united states, the secretary of state and the pope for pete sake trying to show they're a rational actor. but they are not and will not be considered a rational actor until they denuclearize. there is no legitimization that will occur of north korea. follow the law, international law and the rule of law and maybe they can have all the visits they want. >> sandra: all this coming on the heels of what mike pompeo is describing as a very productive meeting with north korea, watch. >> we had a good, productive conversation. [inaudible] >> sandra: we had a good, productive conversation, he described this as significant progress what we're seeing to date in a long process. so senator, how would you characterize the progress that we're making with north korea today? >> there was some sense early on we would have a succeed fast/

towards denuclearizing north korea. bringing attention to the world that every country needs to understand you cannot overlook the bad things they are doing and see them as the threat they are. if you look at the anti-israel bias and the strength and kurds that the president showed and moving the embassy and showing the rest of the world that we will put our embassy where we want to put our embassy. all of those things have made a huge difference in the u.s. standing. i can tell you that the u.s. is strong again and in a way that should make all americans proud. i want to say that it is not just the president i want to thank. the family in general. the first lady has been nothing but kind. i cannot say enough good things about jared and ivanka. jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. to redo the nafta deal the way he did. what i have done working with him on the middle east peace plan, it is amazingly done. and i is such a friend, wish more people knew about what they did because we are in a better place

korea one for the for the war damage for the damage done during or by the united states to north korea during the war between one hundred fifteen one hundred fifty three when the us dropped so many bombs that there wasn't a single building taller than one story left standing and i mean in pyongyang alone they dropped more than one bomb per person so i believe that reparations need to be paid for that and also for the damage done to south korea as a result of the decades long occupation of that country oh man i gotta say always a pleasure having you on thank you for illuminating us and making this going to very always a pleasure for thank you. thank you. well there is a hot new shiny talent and it's hit the scene hawk watchers and us with great excitement we welcome to the watching the hawks stage the youngest known pulse in the milky way galaxy named as seventy five located just a mere hop skip and a jump away from us at nineteen thousand light years away seventy five according to nasa is not just dazzling scientists with good looks but thanks to some amazing photography work from nasa

you know the north korea portion of the so well with your subcommittee. what has she and the president been able to do that wasn't done before? >> i think of them working together, if you look at just the north korea deal, president trump sitting down with kim jong un. the first time ever in american president has done that and that forces his tenacity, but also the tenacity that nikki haley has shown over and over again at the u.n. for pulling out of the paris climate record. those are the size of decisions that were made by a leader in the nikki haley goes around and articulates that message at the u.n. i can tell you firsthand traveling around around the asia-pacific region the difference in tone and this administration versus the previous administration especially if you look in the asia pacific theater and they talk about the strategic patients that president obama moved in leadership from behind. we've moved away from that and they know that and they appreciate it. >> harris: the big question i have just in terms of the timing because she'll exit ja

the country of north korea will be a successful country. it will be incredibly economically successful. i want to make it that way. it will be good. other countries and other people and entrepreneurs and banks and i will tell you they are calling wanting to go there and wanting to invest. at some point when chairman can make a decision and i think he will unleash something that will be spectacular, really spectacular. i think he knows it and it's one of the reasons why were having successful conversations. i think he wants to get on with it. yes [inaudible] >> excuse me? >> [inaudible] >> i would say we will name a successor within the next two or three weeks. maybe sooner. >> have you spoken to the saudis about the -- >> i have not. but i will be. at some point. i know nothing right now but i know what everybody else does. >> what is your response to hillary clinton saying last night swearing-in with political wasn't a political event the national. >> i guess that is why she lost. she does not get it. she never did. i knew that a long time

security when it comes to north korea. i support president trump's efforts to solve this problem diplomatically. all americans should hope that we can find peaceful solutions on the korean peninsula and never have to face the prospect of war with north korea. any suchh solution will require close cooperation with our allies, south korea, and we must be cautious and deliberate so that we can ensure our alliance is maintained and strengthened. one of the things that's going to happen today, we're going to be waiting for a quorum because we have a a long list of confirmations to do, so i would hope that some of you who are here now would remain until we can get a quorum. senator reid. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me begin by joining you in recognizing the historic service of chairman john mccain in so many different dimensions to the nation, andfi salute you and welcome you, mr. chairman, as this is your first official hearing as the chairman of the committee. i look forward to workingrw wit you. very, very much

she had china and russia to back sanctions against north korea. something we long struggled to do incredibly important move. as for what she does next, obviously i take her at her word when she says she doesn't want to run a primary challenge against trump, considering his popularity with republicans now wouldn't be a good idea. there are people say, conservative circles talked about her as a potential presidential candidate what if she ended up being on the vice president spot for the second time around, minority woman that took down the confederate flag in her state might be an interesting juxtaposition against the president. >> she's also only 46 years old, michelle and said she believes in term limits she was governor of south carolina for six years and position of u.n. ambassador for only two >> so i would say one, it is common to see people leave after the two year mark. this presidency, people leave sooner than that, she held on a long time. two years is often the mark. and it is an incredibly difficult and time consuming position met with

he has brought north korea to the table and has started reunification talks between north korea and south korea. if this would have been any other president they would have a nobel peace prize by now. .his is donald trump we need to get back to the reality of what is happening in washington, d.c. and what does it ministration is doing and applaud the president when he gets it right. advise when the president is right that had some republican members of the senate foreign relations committee i think they would agree with what i said before. that is that we need to stand off and get results before there is another meeting. we have worked together, bipartisan, senator corker and i have works together in north korea. we passed strong legislation that imposed sanctions against north korea. we need to work with our allies. i can tell you that i have been engaged with our allies and engage with all the members of the senate foreign relations committee. >> mr. simon? >> i think our first path should be diplomacy before we advance anything else. president trump did the right thing to engage diplom

i would like to say the day also if you look at north korea. i mean, there was a deal that it something that was, it was devastating potentially devastating problem and now the s are very good. secretary of state mike pompeo and had a great meeting and also, was in china spoke to many of asian leaderrors went there and had but had areadings really very good meeting with north korea. world asi think the respecting the and many, many decades we are respected again that i can tell you. very much respected again. people want to be on our side even if you looking to me and votesgetting very strong now. so i just want to thank nikki thought it would be a property way of doing it because pieceou write it out on a of paper that ambassador hall you say nice and things. thiseas do in. aen think somebody has done terrific job i felt it was appropriate way of doing kit and that.h thought i want to thank ambassador. i just want to thank nikki, ok. >> mr. president, are you thinking about success. trump: we have naum ber of people that would like to do it. i

nations and for the wellbeing of their own people then the depraved regime in north korea know north korea hasn't undergone any regime change surgery chairman kim is still in his chair but miraculously little rocket man is now an awesome guy rocket man shooting rockets all over the place and with me he's not get their way with he will truly regret fire. the likes of which nobody has seen before totally destroy north korea rocket men mad men is on a suicide mission for himself that is there it's a state that while today. is the president's most admired pen pal i'm sure you've heard about the beautiful letter so i've received two letters from jim and kim much personal correspondence magnificent very strong letter form incredible letters eight letters received one i showed one of the letters just to prime minister b. he said this is actually a groundbreaking letter like any other president donald trump would love to be remembered as a true global peacemaker it took him a year and a half from his inauguration to zero in on his desired legacy a true br. through in the korean crisis barak

secretary of state mike pompei will be here in beijing he's paying visits to south korea north korea as well as japan he's here to brief china on what the united states is saying to north korea as it tries to breathe new life into its north korea policy but of course he'll be looking to try to ease tensions with china but that job has just been made more difficult it seems by what the vice president has said about china. all right let's meet now victor gao who's director of china national societe and of international studies he's also joining us live now from beijing thanks for talking to us is there any truth would you say in vice president might pence's words that china or indeed would like a different u.s. president and in fact it's prepared to try to put that wish into effect by meddling in u.s. electoral activities i think the vice president speech is a declaration of hostility and antagonism against china and from the chinese perspective china treats the united states with decency and respect and it's not china's policy to interfere in any country's domestic elections for examp

i think they've brought north korea to the table. but i do want to dig into and i want to get your personal opinion, not the administration's opinion on what i see as a potential blind spot with regard to the strategy and that's almost a rash and it might even be from the president himself to remove our forces off the korean peninsula. there's been a lot of press reports on this. what would be the tactical and strategic respects of a large portion of u.s. forces from the korean peninsula? your personal opinion. >> senator -- >> have a bunch of questions here. two and a half minutes. disastrous, really bad? >> hypothetical. >> we should assess the risk. we need to look at a timeframe by which this decision has to be made. has to be well-informed holistically. >> i need to get a little bit more granular here. but the next or the president says we are going to remove all forces coming u.s. forces of the korean peninsula. we'll be tactical and strategic affects of that in your opinion? >> again, senator, you're talking about a hypothetic

they have the trade chips, as it were, they have north korea as as it were, they have north korea as a chip. they want north korea's co—operation but they are treating beijing as though everything can be negotiated. it is quite a good strategy, i feel, that negotiated. it is quite a good strategy, ifeel, that the us is making complaints and then looking for concessions from beijing. starting up a new mass—market carmaker is no easy task, just ask tesla, but that is what this vietnamese company is trying to do. it is showing off its first—ever designs at the paris motor show. 0ur correspondent has been finding out more. this is one of the freshest and newest cars at the paris motor show, the vinfast luxury sedan. and over here we have its big brother, the lux suv. these cars are built by vinfast, a start—up in vietnam, using chassis is built by bmw, and an austrian company is already involved, and the styling is from italy. here is the chief executive of the company. tell me, first of all, vinfast, where does it come from? so to understand vinfast you need to understand the gr

>> not much. >> reporter: professor andrei lankov, the director of the korea risk group, says north korea's real aim is to delay denuclearization indefinitely. >> you are in the summit. north koreans will say a lot of sweet stuff to donald trump. they'll make a lot of promises, probably not intending to keep many of these promises at all. >> reporter: so, do you worry the u.s. is getting played? >> i'm very sure it's getting played. >> reporter: now before secretary pompeo returns to washington, he wraps up this tour through east asia and beijing. there he will encourage president xi jinping to keep up pressure on north korea through sanctions, while attempting to smooth over tensions stemming from the ongoing trade war with china. elaine? >> quijano: errol barnett, thank you. tropical storm michael gained strength in the caribbean today off mexico's yucatan peninsula. it's threatening to hit the gulf coast of the u.s. by mid-week, possibly as a category one hurricane. michael is currently expected to make landfall late wednesday along the alabama coast or florida panhandle. off the pacific

and an offer from north korea to allow inn ternational inspector to verify that north korea destroyed a nuclear test site. this could be a trust building measure for north korea. international experts said the destruction of the specific site would not be regarded as a step toward denuclearization. it would mean that north korea no longer needed or wanted or planned to use that site. the topic of north korea is the subject that pompeo can work with north korea on -- or china, rather. he has gone from pyongyang to seoul to beijing. he has been meeting with his counterparts there. christine, it has been a trip which is off to an awkward start. the initial exchange included bold language for the pool reports in the room. this happened a week after vice president pence made a speech blasting china for trade practices and under mining the u.s. election and military aggression. weng, the chinese counterpart to secretary pompeo pushed back on those accusations, but both sides said they could work together on north korea. weng believed the recent remarks were eroding trust and relationship wi

and north korea. it's been so fraught in the past, so difficult that is actually progress in another cell. a notion that the two leaders can sit down and say we agree for example and a timetable something we need to look at around the denuclearization process. there really is trust building now. mike: is came looking for sanctions before he will take that next step? >> sanctions are one thing. the other thing potentially as u.s. military presence in the region which is deeply concerning the notion we would step back from our engagement in the region. one of the reasons why we've seen relative peace in the region for many, many decades. the north koreans say look were happy to talk to you the united states means to back away from military commitment to the region. i would find that problematic. this is not necessarily a negotiation without trickiness between now and when president trump to sit down with chairman kim the next time. mike: let's shift gears to trade for a bit. u.s. has a new deal with mex

north korea has a pretty unreliable track record. our state department correspondent rich edson is live with the news now. rich? >> shep, the secretary of state says he was also in north korea to try to help coordinate a second summit between president trump and kim jong un. secretary says that he is hopeful, is he confident that they are actually going to have this second summit. but they are still trying to figure out when they are going to have it, where they are going to have it. and he acknowledges they are not quite there yet on figuring that out that would be their first meeting. the president and kim jong un since june 12th where they agreed to this broad framework of north korea surrendering its nuclear weapons program and the u.s. laying off sanctions. but it left an awful lot of details out of it, a lot of how it's going to be accomplished. and with this process seemingly stuck, the idea is to get the two leaders in a room again, to try to get them to fill in those details. secretary pompeo also says the u.s. and north kor

for north korea policy. so i think that is another aspect we are watching closely. >> if it is two years and you are six months into discussions and north korea has made no step as required as defined by the trump administration, they said complete, verifiable, irreversible de-nuclearization, if that is the timeline why should folks have confidence that this is going to move forward in a positive way? >> i think it is an aspect of a political process. when you look at the definition of the principles and some of the understandings of de-nuclearization there is a technical interpretation and a political interpretation. i think the idea that it would take time and there would be the up and down aspect is a critical element of the summits. for the technical issues themselves, there is an interesting carrot that was offered not too long ago. president moon conveyed this to preside president trump. they are willing to dismantle if the united states takes the appropriate measures. this is the opening of secretary

officials received an offer from north korea to allow international inspectors that north korea destroyed a nuclear test site from the summer. experts said that would not constitute a step forward toward the goal of denuclearization, but suggest that north korea no longer needed to use that specific test site. this is seen as an effort to build trust and good faith and certainly that is not nothing. mike pompeo called the trip a step forward. he acknowledged more steps to go. joe. >> thanks for that, alexandra field. >>> the u.s. government quietly working case of missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. he went missing after entering the saudi arabia consulate in istanbul last week. we have jomana karadsheh with more. he went in to get a marriage license and then what? >> reporter: he hasn't been heard from or seen since, christine. this has been such a mystery. so many questions. the one thing everyone seems to agree on is he disappeared after that visit to the consulate on tuesday. you know, we met his fiancee who was out here and waiting for him after he went into the consulate. she

at the beginning north korea was a massive problem and now we're moving along. it's moving along really .nice i can speak for secretary of state mike pompeo. he thinks the world of nikki. e're all happy for you in -- way but we hate to lose hopefully you'll be coming back at some point. maybe in a different capacity, can you have your pick. t i just want to let you know. so at the end of the year, nikki will be leaving and we'll be in constant touch.en er you have any idea, you'll call me you know all the players. she got to know the players, china, russia,india. she knows everybody on a very first-name basis and they like her, except for maybe a couple, which is normal. they can't all like you. t they do. and maybe more importantly they respect her. so, nikki, iust wand to tell you that we will miss you. we'll be speakingim all the but we will miss you nevertheless and you have done a fantastic job. thank you very much. >> thank you. i want to say, first of all, i want to thank the president for just allowing us to come out and talk to you this way. it has been

south korea's president has given the head of the roman catholic church a special message from north korea's leader then met pope francis and the vatican he relayed that can john had invited the pontiff to visit. reports from seoul. as he delivers the invitation to the vatican president mungy end of south korea once more finds himself playing the role of mediator. and if pope francis agrees to the visit it will be one of north korea's biggest diplomatic achievements yet in breaking out of international isolation. the pope visited south korea in twenty fourteen when he was greeted by a million people on the streets of seoul that visit was evidence of the south's vibrant religious life. contrast that with the north where christian worship is officially restricted to just four churches in pyongyang one of them a catholic cathedral. but critics say it's just for show and that in reality kristin's routinely face persecution for their beliefs even death north korea's persecution of christians has no rival on the earth it is unforgiving systematic unyielding and often fatal it's a view supp

but this alone--this alone is what north korea has been pining for for decades, right? equal standing with the american president, shaking hands, their flags side-by-side. some may have seen that and thought, "oh, trump's being nice for now, but when he gets kim alone in that negotiation room, he gonna de-nuke his nuts off." but it turns out only one man lost his nuts in that room. - trump and kim signed a joint document committing to work towards, "complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula." the agreement is short on specifics, like whether the denuclearization will be verifiable and irreversible. - there's nothing new in this agreement. these are vague assertions from north korea. - the piece of paper that got signed yesterday is, frankly, weak. i mean, this is--this is not a strong piece of paper. - because you realize kim didn't commit to anything. he basically facebook rsvp'd a nuclear deal. that's all he did. and while kim gave up nothing major, he got the american president to give up a lot more. - president trump making a massive concession agreeing to s

could really work towards denuclearizing north korea. the iran deal, bringing attention to the world that every country needs to understand you can't overlook all of the bad things they're doing. you have to see them for the threat that they are. i think you look at the anti-israel bias and the strength and courage that the president showed in moving the embassy and showing the rest of the world we will put our embassy where we want to put our embassy. you know, all of those things have made a huge difference in the u.s. standing, but i can tell you that the u.s. is strong again. and the u.s. is strong in a way that should make all americans very proud. and i do want to say that it's not just the president i want to thank. the family in jegeneral, the fit lady has been nothing but very, very kind to me. i can't say enough good things about jared and ivanka. jared is such a hidden genius that no one understands. i mean, to redo the nafta deal the way he did, what i have done working with him on the middle east peace plan, it's so unbeliev