negotiations that haven t begun in earnest about denuclearize in the korean peninsula. no question kim jong un s minions would never take even an innocuous step little and begin negotiations on ridding the country of nuclear weapons without approval from kim jong un. the president needed approval from on top and he got it but they are playing with leverage right now and those negotiations do begin, a bit of leverage some of these kind of antagonistic statements from north korean media. is there a short-term goal we should be looking at in terms of the north korean issue? i always felt we need to consider intersections in the united states and north korea. we have people on the ground in both capitals to monitor the situation, daily connectivity and ensure negotiations proceed. we haven t had that. is that would be the first step. fascinating picking your
denuclearize would dramatically shift the power balance and post imminent threat to the united states. the washington post points out, he got a propaganda video. we saw it was set to music, in slow motion, president trump stepping over the border. the he seems to soften his stance on the world stage, they write. that s right. there is nothing beyond talks. this is criticism of what s coming out of this meeting. it is keeping up the status quo. the freezing. his closest advisers are not there when he makes spur of the moment decisions. and not knowing exactly where he
would not agree to a freeze because it would, in fact, enshrine the nuclear state of north korea. if the administration turns this into a complete proposal and takes it to the north koreans, what they are going to say is, as the story says, this is just a first step. we have to have a freeze to keep the problems from getting worse and then you have to agree to do the complete denuclearization. so they will ties it as something that does not actually change their ultimate goal. i think their ultimate goal is to denuclearize. what they recognize is the north koreans aren t going to do this, as john bolton had first demanded, which is take all their nuclear weapons and mail them in libya-style, as he once referred to it, because nuclear turned over their nuclear program. instead, they are going to have to do it step by step, like every other administration has. that is starting with not letting the problem get worse.
arouzi for us in teheran. nuclear talks with north korea. president trump is the first sitting president to step into north korea with that step he s taking and walking across the line in the de-militarized zone. this is a meeting that was organized by a tweet. it brought headlines but doubts still remain of north korea s commitment of denuclearization. the two meetings ended without any concessions from kim. now these will restart talks. joining me now lindsey ford, assistant secretary of defense and director of security at the age of society. lindsey, good to see you. we got a list of all the times that north korea has promised to denuclearize. this is not a trump era phenomenon. this is something been going on for a long time.
as a member of that caucus, i mentioned on defense, what are the steps? need immediately opening for meetings to get a schedule put it together. and invite the right people from both sides then have to have verification tools in place in the negotiations. once you set those parameters, then you take the next big step, removing sanctions, and they denuke, and that those are steps to put in place. a process many say could take years to denuclearize, thank you congressman. we appreciate it. thank you. meanwhile, many democrats, have a different take on what we saw at dmz, mark is joining us live with details. good evening, many of those 2020 democratic president at candidates, including joe biden, they are blasts president trump over his meeting with north