we still have a long way to go before we see north korea de-nuclearize. i think that itself the test. if they actually did de-nuclearize, then i think everybody would say hey this is an extraordinary thing. but you know i think that maria teresa is right that the south koreans and the north koreans got together because they were both scared by trump. aed the question is, what kind of strength will the u.s. have going into this negotiation when south korea is our allie is worried about trump as anybody in the world. so i think this, we have a long which to go before we know how this is going to turn out. and again, if trump pulls this off, all of us even here will say, great, i just don t think the evidence is there, that the building blocks are in place to have this work out in a way that we actually want it no woto wor.
that will be a success, and maybe it will be, and maybe it won t be. we don t know. but we ll see what happens. but i can say this, they do respect us, and we are respectful of them, and we re going to see what happens. i think it s a time for talking and solving problems. if you talk to the japanese delegation, they re as nervous about this as people on capitol hill. not that they don t want this to go forward, but what are we talking about here? if the north koreans are willing to de-nuclearize, can you get something in the short term? just the meeting for the north koreans would be a success, even if they came away with nothing, that would be a big victory. this is something that north korea has wanted for a long time, legitimacy. so that do they need a
last summer that north korea will be met with quoting the president, fire and fury like the world has never seen. you can t speak to him that way. well apparently you can because now we re at a negotiation table but here is the problem this meeting is happening some time before may and you get the feeling now the expectation is being set that unless the president comes out of these talks with north korea promising to completely and totally de nuclearize their program when it was a failure and a bad idea and you know, it almost feels like they re rooting for this to fail david: i think you re right. where missiles are being launched over japan. i hope that s not the case. david: let s hope it s not the case. it does feel like that joe good to see you my friend thank you very much for being here appreciate it. well president trump commenting on the murder of three women care caring for our veterans we ll have the very latest on that breaking story and andrew p ollach says his mission i
agency has just announced, that is very significant. a hydrogen bomb, otherwise known as a thermonuclear bomb, is more powerful than atomic or fissions. this is a very, very dangerous weapon. the question is what they plan to do with this, and the question is how much further sort of second referencing and second sourcing can we get to find out what exactly has been tested and what exactly their plan is. i can tell you that i have spoken to the diplomats who have met most recently with the north koreans. so this was a non- governmental but very, very high level meeting in europe several months ago between former cia analysts and north korean officials. they have told me and they ve told others in the intervening weeks that the essential important issue they feel to understand from north korea and about north korea is that it does not intend to de
nuclearize. that idea of trying to get them to denuclearize, the north koreans right now have no intention of doing. they want to be taken seriously as a global nuclear power. despite all of the attempts to rein them in, to impose sanctions, despite the attempts by the obama administration to engage in so-called strategic patience, what we ve seen over the years is north korea simply moving ahead and perfecting slowly, slowly, their nuclear capabilities. this being a sixth test is very, very dramatic. if, indeed, that magnitude as it has been calculated of the so-called earthquake is ten times more than the previous one, this all points in one direction. so the question now is what are the options for the united states, for the countries in the region, whether it is china, whether it is japan, whether it is south korea, is north korea going to be brought to the table or is there going to be a much