korea and the people of north korea. it was fragile at best and the u.s. administration given its overwhelming hostile view towards iran will be quick to make insolvent everyone related to it or otherwise subject to major u.s. criminal liability that can be accomplished. as soon as it violates iran sanctions and to court connectivity with north korea. which would accelerate that process as well. i don't expect that is the conduit towards moving money into north korea. and the kind of leapfrogging through jurisdiction such as germany or russia is problematic is that is been, that kind of modality for achieving humanitarian financial flow into north korea, whether or not that improves on cash couriers is a different connection. >> let's go back to the audience. the first hand i saw. >> i'm with the school of public service over by the national cathedral. with the recent situation with iran or the u.s. is reimposed sanctions despite their seeming compliance and the verified compliance with international community, would nor

divides north and south korea. following a handshake, mr. trump became the first u.s. president to step into north korea. both leaders spoke to the press during their visit. this is about half an hour.

of missile for north korea. at that time it took certainly the south korean military quite some time to realise that they had flown over 600 kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan, kilometres before landing in the sea of japan, also known kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan, also known as kilometres before landing in the sea of japan, also known as the east see here in south korea. so when it comes to these kinds of missiles, it does take time. but what we do know is north korea issued through state media warning, what it called a solemn warning, to south korea. it said that that is one of the reasons why they tested these short—range missiles. it said that south korea was doubledealing. it accused the administration here, president moon's administration, of talking peace while acquiring new hi—tech weapons and taking part injoint us - rok, weapons and taking part injoint us — rok, south korean military drills, which are due to start in just a few weeks' time. that's right, you mention those

south korea says north korea has launched 2 ballistic missiles off its east coast it's the 2nd such tests in a week now the missiles flew 250 kilometers into the japan see the south korean military joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation and case if additional launches and tests come at the united states struggles to reach a diplomatic agreement with north korea over its nuclear weapons program or we can get more on this from rob mcbride who's in seoul for us or rob what's been the reaction in south korea to these missile tests. that's right so the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea say that these 2 missiles are indeed similar to 2 missiles that were fired 6 days ago they traveled as you said there around 250 kilometers reaching an altitude of about 30 kilometers they are still analyzing the data from these launches the reaction has been fairly swift here we've heard from the japanese they said that the while the missiles didn't approach their territorial waters the japanese defense minister has said that this is deeply regrettable and that if this is discovered

president to step foot in north korea. trump met north korean leader kim jong-un at the military demarcation line at the korean demilitarized zone sunday, and then took 20 steps beyond the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. we will go to seoul south korea, and to hawaii, for the latest. in over 4 million people filled the streets of new york to celebrate world pride and mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modern-day lgbtq movement. we will hear voices from the que er liberation march. >> first, we're honoring our ancestors in the fight for liberation, who started this all 50 or's ago at the stonewall bar. amy: all that and morere, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a a historic first for a sitting u.s. president, donald trump crossed through the demilitarized zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking side-by-side with north korean leader kim jong-un after kim greeted him at the demarcation line

how does this further north korea ‘s aims? it is in breach of those resolutions, is for the arrangement with the lighted states, i think in the past two instances, where there have been short range missile launches, the us has downplayed them and suggested they're within the bounds of the handshake that they seem to have reached, of course, that is not written down so we don't really know the terms of it. in terms of how it advances north korean interest, a couple of things. it's a response to some extent to the announcement that the us has made and it is moving forward with the south koreans on these joint exercises. it is a way of keeping washington focused on north korea's desires in this negotiation and i think also a way of keeping focus on the deadline that chairman kim has set which is that he wants to see progress on talks by the end of the year otherwise i think the suggestion is they will re—evaluate everything. further clashes between police and protesters in hong kong, hours after more than a0 people were charged

this usually provokes north korea. they usually see it as preparation for an act of war stopping state media last week they took directaim stopping state media last week they took direct aim at seoul, accusing them of doubledealing, talking piece, while taking part in these military exercises and recurring new high—tech weapons. there are busily angry that these drills are taking place and they believe that it will break the agreement reached between kim jong—un break the agreement reached between kimjong—un and break the agreement reached between kim jong—un and donald trump break the agreement reached between kimjong—un and donald trump —— they obviously believe. both in singapore and we understand between them when they met at the demilitarised zone between the two koreas last month. when it comes to other analysis on top of this, donald trump has said he is in no rush. it is also shrugging off these short—range ballistic missile tests. he said other countries test short—range missiles. but pyongya

on the heels of the g-20 and his monumental surprise visit to north korea. where he had an impromptu meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> i didn't expect to meet you at this place. the first u.s. president to cross this line. >> reporter: trump taking 20 step news north korea, making him the first sitting american president to set foot in the hermit kingdom. he was greeted by the smiling kim jong-un. >> this is my honor. i didn't really expect it. step ago cross that line was a great honor. >> reporter: the two leaders met for almost an hour, agreeing to restart negotiations on a long, illusive nuclear agreement. the president even suggested kim jong-un should visit the white house. all of this as the "new york times" is reporting the u.s. may be willing to agree to a nuclear freeze. which would pause further weapons development in north korea, but allow it to keep existing weapons. this would be a reversal for the trump administration's previous goal of complete denuclearization by north korea. white house national security adviser john bolton s

says that north korea is the strongest nation on earth because donald trump actually came to north korea so this is counterproductive i mean most president trump uses other means this could really undercut his efforts to take away north korea's most destructive arms so what kind of move would north korea need to make now to to show willing more or to suggest that actually there has been progress would they need to invite in inspectors or what would what sort of things would be a confidence building measure. well certainly inviting in inspectors would be important but there are 2 initial steps which are absolutely critical 1st of all north korea needs to turn over a declaration of all its missile with new facilities and 2nd of all busy it needs to provide a firm timetable or disarmament and without that i don't think these talks are really going to be that productive and what about the the timing of this how does it tie in with the kind of apparent thawing or nations between trump and the chinese government. well i'm sure the siege and drink when he met with president trump at the press t

process talking north korea i'm joined by my guest rima govern in raleigh he is a former cia analyst and co-founder of veterans intelligence professionals for sanity in jerusalem we have from inbar he is president of the drucilla institute for strategy and security and in plymouth we cross to patrick henningsen he is the executive editor of the news website 21st century wire dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to ray 1st in raleigh i just want to comment i know that you're growing your beard to give attention to the maltreatment. is being is experiencing right now so good for you my brother a man for your protest but let's go to the prayer affairs at hand here north korea . you're an old hand of international politics trump made an unprecedented bold move he's been slammed left and right and center for it i think it is brilliant he's thinking outside the box because with the policy towards north korea's over and over again the same policies are attempted and they fail now we have a new sta

north korea's diplomatic relations. to my left, we have josh stanton, a d c lawyer who played a significant role in drafting sanctions laws, including the north korean sanctions and policy enhancement act and the korean interdiction and modernization of sanctions act. josh also served as a u.s. army judge advocate general in south korea, and runs the website "one free korea. is onnie klein albright the panel of experts established pursuant to you and security -- to a u.n.st security council request. she provides her conditions to the security council on implement a sanctions. she has had a long career as a u.n. official, as a director of the northeast asia program room at the -- program at the crisis group, and was a usip alum. we have liz rosenberg, director of the security program at a center for new american security. she focuses on the national security and foreign policy implications of the use of sanctions and economic statecraft, as well as shifts in the energy market. previously, she was a senior adviser at the

ivanka trump went into north korea. she was seen entering this blue building, as you see, with jared kushner where you can cross into north korea away from cameras. secretary of state mike pompeo throughout the visit remains largely in the background. it reminded me how rex tillerson has complained of being boxed out of issues. do you think the same thing is happening now with mike pompeo? >> it could be. what's troubling is that at least secretary mike pompeo was confirmed by the united states senate. here you have people with very little foreign policy or diplomatic experience who are take these roles and positions and edging out people who do have either experience or have a confirmation by the senate. so i think this is not a good way to run american foreign policy. and on the issue of north korea, it's a really big deal for the american president to step into north korean soil and the united states got exactly nothing for that. >> if you are concerned kind of of the role of secretary or lack thereof of mike pompeo

it is north korea. so this is what i think the president is doing correct, he has not lifted sanctions, has not decided to let up on north korea so there isn't this major economic incentive for them to try to do something. he is essentially throwing long bombs pardon the phrase in the end zone. he's actually trying to do something no one has done before and basically on personal relationship. that, i think, something we have to give him leeway to do because no one has been able to figure this problem out in the past. the consensus opinion is something you can't focus on too much. the president is doing this the way he's doing it. so far, he's out a little bit of ratchet down of tensions this could be a way forward to. with that said, he's taking risks by giving kim jong un more than he's ever gotten before on the wall stage. >> donna: dozens of personal, we don't know, corresponded between the two men, amazing letters, extraordinary letters, great content. we have heard it all. what is the real goal at

donald trump has become the first sitting us president to enter north korea. in a moment broadcast around the world, he walked across the border into the north from south korea shortly after meeting kim jong—un. mr trump has now returned to the us as critics dismiss the occasion as political theatre. but the us president is claiming to have brought peace to the korean peninsula. this report from our correspondent nick bryant in seoul. "meet me at the dmz," said the president. his impromptu invitation on twitter to the north korean leader like a diplomatic form of online dating. donald trump was savouring this moment, a smile of satisfaction as his choreography came together, because the chance of this brief encounter had kim jong—un almost skipping down the steps. and from the lips of this brutal dictator came almost starry—eyed words of welcome, delivered in english by his translator. this place is where the armistice in the korean war was signed, the line that divides the north from the south — a threshold no american president has ever crossed. pres

from north korea's u.n. mission is essentially saying it's not going to say thank you for this shift its statement is accusing the u.s. essentially of talking out of both sides of its mouth while president trump was initiating these peace talks with a north north korean leader members of his administration at the urging of the u.s. state department was leading an effort at the u.n. to try to get member countries to send north korean foreign workers home and this was in response to u.s. allegations that north korea is violating sanctions against oil imports and in the statement from north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the d.m.z. so certainly the fact that this statement from north korea's u.n. mission comes out today is an indication that it's saying things are

from north korea's u.n. mission is essentially saying it's not going to say thank you for this shift its statement is accusing the u.s. essentially of talking out of both sides of its mouth while president trump was initiating these peace talks with the north north korean leader members of his administration at the urging of the u.s. state department was leading an effort at the u.n. to try to get member countries to send north korean foreign workers home and this was in response to u.s. allegations that north korea is violating sanctions against oil imports and in this statement from north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the d.m.z. so certainly the fact that this statement from north korea's u.n. mission comes out today is an indication that it's saying things

korea columnist for the daily beast he's also the author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins me from new york city gordon welcome to the program thank you so much matthew so the significance of the u.s. president stepping into north korea what are your thoughts completely inconceivable if you go back 10 years ago or 70 years ago because north korea has been a country that has seen the u.s. as its enemy and to have president trump step across the military demarcation line as he did on sunday is ultimately and issue of reconciliation between the u.s. and north korea so there are a lot of implications of all this but that was a stunning and a very good moment do you think that it was an appropriate time to make that step. probably not that step should have been reserved for a time when north korea and finally given up all busy its missiles and nukes president trump does this differently what he's trying to do is create such a favorable atmosphere that kim will feel secure enough to give up his most destructive weapons this isn't trying to entice the north koreans

and frankly stepping into north korea was a concession to north korea. this is something that kim jong-un and north korean leaders would have wanted for generations and something no u.s. president would do until donald trump. so this is giving the north koreans something they wanted. it came on the heels of president trump giving china something it wanted too which is some of the restriction of technology sales to huawei. yes, the united states got a trip back to the negotiating table with china, but that's a major concession. after the president said he was going to basically try to starve huawei of this technology. >> yeah, i think a common lesson learned here is not be so bold about the mountain top pronouncements about the ultimate full monty on any issue. so i think it's not all that bad to be flexible and provided you get something in return. >> just reflect on this trip. because we have seen a lot of images. whether it was president trump with kim jong-un, a dictator. president trump and mohammed bin salman. and all kinds of other reports responsi

it may be north korea trying to say there isa be north korea trying to say there is a bit ofa be north korea trying to say there is a bit of a rush here unless you wa nt is a bit of a rush here unless you want missiles flying or being tested, and while you're tying to campaignfor tested, and while you're tying to campaign for the 2020 re— election, mrtrump. campaign for the 2020 re— election, mr trump. laura, many thanks for that and more on this a little later in the bulletin. 400 years ago, democracy was born in america in the town ofjamestown, virginia. today the commemoration of that historic moment was marked by protest — a mass boycott by black lawmakers who said they wouldn't attend the ceremony because of the presence of donald trump. chris buckler has the story. jamestown is regarded as a place where the foundations were laid for what would become america. the first legislative assembly met here 400 yea rs legislative assembly met here 400 years ago, in what was then the colony of virginia. the right here in virginia your predecessors... virginia is our home! yet for cen

president to set foot in north korea. his nearly hour-long meeting with kim jong-un has raised new questions about whether the u.s. will drop its demand for full nuclearization. for more on where the policy goes from here, i'm joined by -- ior was joined a time ago by bruce klingner, who served as the cia deputy division chief for korea and is now at the heritage foundation. the policy up until now of the united states has always been that north korea must ull and rapid denuclearization. from tho you have spoken to, what do you make of the "new york times" article that they could call for a freeze? bruce: it is inconsistent with things i've hea official. u.s. they have always insisted we have to ha what is a u.n. requiremenof complete, rifiable, and irreversible denuclearization. all the officials i have talked with have said that north korea has to commit to the u.n. definition of denuclearization as well as abandoning not only production facilities but the existing arsenal. nada: president trump placed a lot of value oh

in north korea. economic front, sanctions, should be enforced fully, tougher, we should see hundreds of north korean -- park officias targeted. and so, we have a policy of maximum pressure it has not been fully enforced. >> what about the details that have to happen betweens teams on both sides in days ahead, what do you want to see, beyond sanctions, so we know it is verifiable? >> well, we have to see the north koreans actually firmly committing to ending the missile test they have been holding, they had a series of short range missile tests, we have so see, north korean abiding by 11 u.n. security council resolutions. so far there is not a shred of evidence they are abiding by any of them, we also have to see more pressure applied to u.s. side in terms of reintroduction of allied military exercises between u.s. and south korean forces,y and really apply the kind of pressure that we apply on the iranian regime, bring this regime to its knees, basically for them to make concessions. >> i hear you sa

into north korea. the president says that they agreed to restart nuclear talks. >> it was a great success because we maintained our relationship. so we are going to have teams that made over the next few weeks and start up process. we will see what happens. >> both north korea and the united states had previously designated negotiation teams but had made very little progress toward actually getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. >> sandra: what is the latest on the south three of us? >> yeah, it happened just a few hours after appear that scrambling of drugs, apparently because of unidentified objects flying between the border of north and south korea. well, it turned out to be a flock of birds, though it highlights the tension in that region that has existed for 70 years. the south korean government has been a strong supporter of improved relations and has push the negotiations with kim jong un's regime and the united states. they say about that quote, since

cnn's will ripley has been to north korea 19 times. he's joining us now live from seoul, south korea. will, put this trip into perspective for us. >> reporter: well, even though north korea waited more than 12 hours to tell its own people what the rest of the world already knew about that surprise meeting at the dmz, they celebrated it basically as a huge achievement for their leader, even despite the fact that now we're hearing that president trump might be willing to make an even bigger concession. >> president trump became the first sitting u.s. president to step foot on north korean soil, he did more than make history. kim telling trump through a translator, i never expected to meet you in this place. many experts call sunday's milestone a stunning propaganda victory for north korean leader, kim jong-un. trump seen on camera asking kim for the opportunity, lavishing praise on a man seen by many as authoritarian, even brutal, calling this moment a great honor. >> i was proud to step over the line. this could be a very historic momen

he knows that north korea is in ruins. north korea really is finished. it lags behind africa. north korea needs help. or things will fall apart over there in ways we would rather not see. i am sure the president discussed with this president xi who supported him. we don't want a war under any circumstances. no one in northeast asia does. president trump has the courage to step forward and make it clear we will contribute to a peaceful outcome. >> tucker: what would be the motive behind the statements you saw? everyone is washington said it's immoral for the president to shake hands with someone as evil as kim jong-un. that's worse than the prospect of nuclear war. where does that attitude come from? >> well, clearly if you want to promote human rights and improve the position of the korean nation. president moon really speaks for the majority of the korean nation. he wants the people in north korea to enjoy a better standard of living and a better life. he knows that once these two are in contact with each other, this regime as we have seen if over the last 50 years won't surv

those exercises always anger north korea. also this week, north korea unveiled what looks like a new submarine. analysts have been looking over the pictures of kimjong have been looking over the pictures of kim jong and inspecting the submarine. it's known when these pictures released were taken but it has been known that north korea has been looking to develop a submarine capable of firing short—range ballistic missiles. want to look into all of this? well, north korea is still continuing to develop weapons. it may well be when it comes to the timing of this that they are looking to prod donald trump into action. it'sjust they are looking to prod donald trump into action. it's just a few weeks since kim jong and donald trump met at the border of north korea. donald trump might say he is in no rush but north korea and kim jong un will be in a hurry to get sanctions eased and that might be the reason at this stage they are testing short—range missiles. a new study from climate researchers in the united states suggests the

into north korea what should his next step be if he wants this to gain some momentum go ahead. i think. he is an isolationist he would love to get out of korea he would love to get out of american commitment to do its allies we all know how he spoke to the net our nato allies and. i sings that he once some kind of agreement not necessarily peace and i don't know exactly what peace means in the. korean peninsula he wants an agreement of dodo to save money to the american taxpayer and i don't worry so much about american military industries because i'm a celeb too. in asia is rising china and all of the countries and i'm china buying more and more weapons is the way it is one beneficiary of it and. bank accounts of the military industries in america i don't worry about. you don't worry about it that some say that because there's a lot of people on the receiving end proppant and dad ok patrick. the interesting thing is. actually the same question that i asked and i can't i'm going to say hang on a hang on let me go to patrick fair time for a time for everyone here it said you know

ok they are potentially a threat but south korea's not going to acquire a bomb just because north korea they haven't started to date they don't need to because the united states provides that deterrent they have that and okinawa they have that in guam and they have that in south korea and they manage the d.m.z. so this is part of the united states is extended deterrent post world war 2 security agreement and pact with japan to control the pacific but i think what's more important here is that north korea provides the absolute keystone to the united states pacific rim strategy so if there is peace on the current korean peninsula they provide that's the public facing keystone the back end is china and everybody knows that but in terms of the front end how it looks in the public there the villain north korea pyongyang is the villain if there's peace on the korean peninsula then you have a little bit of a problem in terms of u.s. geo strategy they'll have to reengineer towards china at that point because there's no other threat in the pacific to basically justify that sort of extended turns

president had stepped over into north korea. again to the bolton part of it, this speaks to the larger theme of the administration in that key players in his administration are usually left on the outside, sometimes to their frustration, that they don't get adequate information they need or they would typically be privy to. this so-called progress that the administration is trying to say they are making with north korea could also give trump some kind of talking point entering into 2020, which is maybe why they are pushing so aggressively for some kind of agreement. >> if they get to keep their nuclear weaponry, not dismantle any of it, just freeze it, how does that differ from the iran nuclear deal president trump hated. >> yeah. the president is having some trouble making the case that his diplomacy has been better than what his predecessor was able to do with iran or any other country in part because the president has talked about complete denuclearization in the past but now it seems like he seems to be saying i'm very happy

/north korea negotiations that trump may become the first american president to greenlight a north korea nuclear power, writing -- a freeze that enshrines the status quo and passively accepts the north as a nuclear power, something administration officials often said they would never stand for. and that is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. the director of korea, japan under obama and bush, and with us at the table former republican from california, now an independent, sam stein, the politics editor for daily beast and with us from "the washington post," white house bureau chief phil rucker. phil rucker, i start with you, just tell anyone, anyone who was unplugged over the hot summer weekend, give us a little ticktock. take us through how this meeting came to be. >> president trump was always plan to go to seoul, south korea for a meeting with the president there. he went on twitter and said i'm going to be going to the demilitarized zone. kim jong-un if you're listening, if you're watching, come meet me there and say hello and we'll shake hands. >> doe

president to enter north korea and the north korean media and trump himself dubbed the meeting an amazing event their action back home was far more muted if not outright critical. to look to kim continues to develop nuclear warheads missiles seems like this gigantic p.r. stunt in trenches embellish is authoritarian rule without any real meaningful strategy for denuclearization. president shouldn't be squandering american influence on photo ops and exchanging love letters with a ruthless dictator instead we should be dealing with north korea through a principle diplomacy that promotes u.s. security defense how allies and uphold human rights i have no problem with him sitting down with kim june in north korea or anyplace else but what's going to happen tomorrow and the next day if we're going to bring peace to this world we need to move forward diplomatically and not just to photo opportunities. after crossing the demarcation line between the 2 koreas with his counterpart jim kim jong un trying to set a lot of progress has been made during their talks but sanctions against pyongyang remain

so why does north korea do this? because military threat capacity, the ability to be a political factor in the region by virtue of its menacing capability, that is the one key north korea has in advancing state interest, the ultimate national task that the north korean constitution stipulates as reuniting the korean peninsula on its own terms. when you face another korean state across the border that is a magnet for your own people, so much richer and more prosperous, more open, you have a problem. if you are a dictator in your mid—30s, a dictator in perpetuity, you have another 50 years in power and to live with a far superior korean state is really not a very happy proposition. when you talk about their endgame being reunification with south korea on their own terms, what you that looking like realistically? south korea has been very successful in terms of nationbuilding. we know south korea is one of the world's biggest economies with a very impressive soft power. what that means is that the south korean public

trump's historic meeting with kim jong-un in north korea. of leadership, the courage and judgment to do. to meet with kim jong-un on kim's side of the korean dmz . and the national left wing media cohorts refuse to give the president credit for not only becomings first sitting president to enter north korea, but with a tweet, he invited kim to meet him in his own country, restarting the trump-kim denuclearization talks. while president trump was saving preworld, meeting with -- the free world, meeting with kim and xi, putin, erdogan, abe, merkel and others, human right protesters flooded into streets of hong kong, and smashed their way to city government headquarters creating greatest challenge to rule of president xi and the chinese communist party ever. the tens of thousands of protesters, the half million demonstrators, taking on the communist regime on the very anniversary of the former british colony' colony's returno chinese rule. worsening demonstrations like you saw in hong continental, edward lawrence, live at the white house with a

that's a recognition that north korea has nuclear weapons, that north korea will keep nuclear weapons and it's a step backwards from, you know, the last several american administrations. look, president trump is taking many risks here. he should be credited for that. but he's not yet, you know, outperformed any former american president in terms of north korea. he promised to outdo them. he promised to, you know, force north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. that's not happening, and i think there is a chance they will agree to this, that they will essentially -- there will be a freeze and, again, that will essentially be a huge victory for north korea. >> why do you think they would be looking at that as a possible option? >> i think it's, you know, it's -- there is an election coming up in the united states and, you know, the president wants credit for a foreign policy success. he doesn't really have one. you know, this middle east peace plan he's mentioned hasn't gone anywhere. tensions are rising with iran. as you saw at the g20 summit, he continues to sort of attack, you know

president to set foot inside north korea. the white house hopes it will jump-start nuclear talks with kim jong-un. but critics call the move nothing more than a photo op with a dictator. weeja jang is travel with the president. >> reporter: the build-up was dramatic. president trump and north korean dictator kim jong-un walked toward each other from opposite sides of the joint security area in the dmz. the demilitarized border zone that separates north and south korea. then, a handshake before the president single footstep made him the first sitting u.s. president to enter north korea. >> we were in japan for the g20. we came over. i said, hey, i'm over here. i want to call up chairman kim. and we got to meet. and stepping across that line was a great honor. >> reporter: kim said it showed mr. trump's willingness to eliminate the unfortunate past and open a new future. afterward, the two leaders met inside what's known as the freedom house for nearly one hour. >> this was a special moment, and this is, i think, really, as pre

negotiation with north korea. the president returned to the white house where the president game the first sitting u.s. leader to step foot in north korea. it was a remarkable picture. but a more lasting impact might be the substance of what's happening behind the scenes. "the new york times" this morning is reporting that the trump administration might be headed towards the acceptance of north korea as a nuclear power. in other words, kim jong-un could keep his nuclear weapons and the united states might be willing. this is something the administration has previously said it would not stand for. >> many rivals are criticizinin it of nothing more than a photo op. speaking of 2020, mayor pete buttigieg's campaign just announced a huge fund raising haul making him a formidable candidate. >> is buttigieg's is too hard. >> you're right. that was a mistake. let's begin in seoul with more on this north korea news. will? >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the mood here is cautious optimism as the news comes that the unit

south korea says north korea has far too ballistic missiles into the sea off the country's east coast just days after a similar launch last week. and you're watching out there live from doha also coming up. sudan's military gentle orders all schools to be shut down indefinitely the crowds of students protest against the killing of 5 pupils at a rally on monday. a call for investigation u.n. security council members demanded inquiry into the bombing of hospitals in serious adlib province. and setting the stage for a presidential race u.s. democratic candidates begin a 2nd round of debates will be live in downtown detroit. south korea says pyongyang has far too ballastic missiles off its east coast this comes 6 days after north korean leader kim jong un oversaw the testing of 2 new short range ballistic missiles that south korean militaries joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches we can go straight to so our rob mcbride is standing by for us or rob what more can you tell us about this. that's right these launches happened just after 1st

it's clear that on north korea and iran, there are differences there. the thing about trump and what he did on iran, you know, pulling that strike-back at the last minute actually makes it more difficult for the north korea negotiations he just said we are going to let the working-level people work out a deal now. but if he goes and does what he says in iran, they're not going to want to talk at the working level because they know that trump at the last minute may pull the rug out from under his negotiators. so what he's doing in iran is not helping his north korea negotiation at all. >> not the idea floated in this article of a freeze, supposedly mike pompeo is saying talks are going to resume within the next month between the united states and north korea, do you see plausibly on the horizon any path that could lead to denuclearization? >> i mean, denuclearization, steve, as we know it, as was negotiated in the last agreement means north korea gives up all of their nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs. so when the administration says they don

before south korea, i can actually tell you in the past our north korea's stage broadcaster reported about that historic meeting between president trump and kim jong—un as well as north korea's main newspaper carrying out 35 pictures from that historic summit. or meeting i should call it. it goes to show that pyongyang was probably pleased with how it went. you might be thinking, iemma, of course they would report about it. in fact, in north korea, it usually takes a lot longer for the public to actually find out about these assignments, so that is quite extraordinary. of course there remains some criticism that it was just a photo opportunity, notjust for president trump, but also for kimjong—un, for president trump, but also for kim jong—un, that it legitimises north korea as a nuclear state, ignoring issues like human rights abuse, but nevertheless, there is a lot of attention and focus on this summit, and you can imagine, south korea newspapers carrying out that historic moment with the headline saying president trump became the first sitting american president to enter nor

has accused north korea of. beam in violation of these sanctions against oil imports and it's interesting too that today a statement from north korea does not deny that rather it says quote we do not thirst for a lifting of sanctions and if you'll recall trump in the past has said that he would help north korea become a prosperous nation if it agrees to denuclearize well even after the photo op that we saw a few days past certainly getting closer to that goal may not be exactly what's happening and this is north korea saying that just because that photo op happened does not mean that the relationship between the u.s. and north korea is at this moment hunky dorey. in washington for us thank you. and there's plenty more still ahead this news hour. donald trump farce a new warning at iran telling its leaders their threats will come back to bite them . diplomatic fallout spreads after protesters stormed and vandalized parliament. and in sports with raul she's done it again a 15 year old boy you got to take wimbledon

the first american president to stand on north korean soil shaking hands with north korea's leader kim jong-un >> an expression of his willingness to give a new future. >> reporter: it is historic, but is it symbolic could it lead to north korea giving up nuclear weapons. >> to see whether or not they can do something >> it's a tall order. >> reporter: north korea wants relief from economic sanctions and the u.s. wants to end their nuclear program. two summits produced little progress, going for a third. >> we want to make sure japan is safe >> reporter: president trump is downplaying recent tests >> it's just not feasible to imagine kim jong-un dismantling his entire nuclear and missile arsenals just on the promise of economic sanctions relief. >> reporter: the small step forward and the impact unknown so president trump has also said that he invited chairman kim to visit him in washington. at some point we could see the leader of north korea at the white house. >> thank you so much, tracie potts. >>> the 2020 democratic candidates are rallying around kamala harris this morning coming

and north korea and does this action by north korea really help there. we are back into this kind of stop go scenario our expectations keep on being raised you mentioned there about this sudden meeting between donald trump and kim jong un at the d.m.z. nearly a month ago now which was held purportedly because donald trump decided to tweet an invitation and they met at the d.m.z. it was all very exciting stuff it was meant to herald possibly a reboot or a reset of the negotiations between the u.s. and north korea there were meant to be working level talks then between officials from both countries but we're still waiting for those talks to happen there does seem to be a problem for north korea in that when the u.s. president donald trump focuses on north korea they are very much top of the the jen and they dominate the world headlines but as we know the u.s. president has an awful lot on his plate from one news cycle to the next and north korea very quickly drops off the radar i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have m