what had been tried with north korea wasn t working, sanctions weren t having the intended effect, china was not intervening in a way that made them change their stripes. so is president trump s handling of north korea working better? well, it might be. i ve commended him for 14 months for making north korea his top priority. i don t think i command the tweets little rocket man and the rest of that, but i think the pressure put on north korea by a coalition is making an impact. and i think that china is aligning here in a way that it hadn t in the past. china and north korea, according to the scholars at the wilson center, are not best friends. let s understand that. there s been mistrust for years. but in this case they have a common interest, which is regime survival for the moment for the kim family and also relevance for china in what comes down. jane harman always good to see you, hans nichols in seoul, thanks to you as well.
korea s leader seven years ago and china s president xi jinping rolled out the red carpet. here s some of the headlines. china s news agency said kim told president xi that he s open to dialogue with the u.s. and that he is committed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. president trump reacted this morning tweeting received message last night from xi jinping of china that his neating with kim jong-un went very well and that kim looks forward to his meeting with me. in the meantime, and unfortunately, maximum sanctions and presh must be maintained at all cost. nbc news pentagon correspondent hans nichols joins us live from seoul, south korea and also with us former california congresswoman jane harman now director of the woodrow wilson policy center. do we really think kim jong-un is serious about denuclearization? the only person that knows the answer to that question is kim jong-un. we know he spoke to the chinese. we know the chinese in just a