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test, they have done six nuclear tests and the missile launches. those were taking place before the trump administration and after the trump administration came into office. there was a clear public display by the north koreans of their defiance of security couple resolutions. that s what caused the dangerous situations. that s what caused the international unity. that was the best examples of security counsel working together. recognition of the threat to the nonproliferation regime that pyongyang was posing. when i went to north korea in december, that was the risk of accidental war. there were no lines of communication between seoul and pyongyang and washington and pyongyang. they can misread the other. there can be an incident in the northern limit line, the undefined boundary in the west sea that could have led to
the drills calling them a security threat in the first reaction since the talks pyongyang s official state news agency released a statement saying that it was urgent for north korea and the u.s. to hold irritating and hostile military actions against each other. trump has agreed on a step by step denuclearization process by the north in return for u.s. concessions north korea may have pledged to dismantle its nuclear arsenal the questions still remain as to how and when this will be achieved and verified. north korea s state media also confirmed the tramp and cam have both accepted mutual invitations to visit washington and pyongyang. to discuss this further let s bring in correspondent jason strother in seoul jason good to see the first concession coming from trump at the summit it appears to have caught the u.s.
a glimmer of hope as both the president and defense secretary jim mattis seemed to signal optimism that talks could happen after all following statements from pyongyang. all that just ahead of saturday s report that the leaders from north and south met that pyongyang s commitment of the meeting and full denuclearization remains resalute. i think people want to see if we can get the meeting and get done something. if we got that done and if we can be successful in the denuclearization of the korean peninsula, that would be a great thing for north korea, it would be a great thing for south korea, great for japan and great for the world. bill, advanced teams from washington and pyongyang are set to be headed to the region perhaps soon as today in advance of meeting. by the way, date is an interesting, june 12th, 1987, president regan told gorbisach
some sources are saying aides are growing skeptical with the meeting with kim jong-un actually taking place after the harsh rhetoric from the north koreans. vice president pence warned north korea could like libya if it fails to make a nuclear deal. this will only end like the libya model ended if kim jong-un doesn t make a deal. some people saw that as a threat. i think it is more of a fact. libya, abandoned nuclear ambitions in the 2000s. moammar gadhafi was overthrown by washington-backed rebels and was killed. ivan watson has the latest for us from seoul. how are these comments flying from the vice president? reporter: we have not gotten response from pyongyang yet. a week ago, it looked like a peace process for the korean peninsula, but now looks