cameras tonight. we have heard from them both. president trump has said he will know within minutes if he will be able to strike a deal with kim jong un. today within minutes of meeting him from the president trump seemed optimistic about the prospects. i feel really great. we are going to have a great, tremendous success. will be tremendously successful. it s my honor. we ll have a terrific relationship, i have no doubt. first time a sitting u.s. president has ever met a leader of north korea. kim jong un alluded to the decades of hostility between the two countries by saying through an interpreter it was not easy to g here old practices and prejudices an obstacles. immediately after the first
going to need that kind of declaration and verification procedure from north korea. then they re going to have to start getting rid of all of that period of shannon: we are repeatedly told for the intelligence community, north korea is the hardest product. you talk about human intelligence and they tell us it s difficult to know what s going on there militarily, the nuclear program and economically. we have estimates. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says he thinks the sanctions and what s gone on is what has gotten them to the table but it s tough to know how their currency is doing. it s a tough place to gher the intelligence we need. let s call the hermit kingdom for a reason which is that it s so isolated from the world and we apparently have had very limited access, obviously in terms of access to the top leadership, especially chairman kim and also to the real situation on the ground. we know that the country is a
they would be completely within their rights and responsible days to change course in question it. shannon: you ve been part of the administration that tried very desperately to get something done on this front. why do you think it s different, or do you think it s different this time? we can t know the differences in the personality and dynamics within the country. early in his 10-year, kim jong un was more provocative and his than his father were grandfather. but they were clearly willing to take risks that the others were not. perhaps there has been some kind of pressure from china and others that have moved them to the point to consider at least a meeting. the meeting is historic, but is just the beginning. i think it s important that the president go and hear first-hand from the leader what exactly is on the table. folks would probably agree that both sides of this equation
negotiations but at least this time kim jong un says he is watch this.listen. it is still so remarkable to hear kim jong un speak. a few weeks ago, most people have never even heard his voice. as for president trump, we can expect to hear from him again in a few hours when he holds a press conference at 4:00 a.m. eastern time, shannon. i know you are going to stay up for it. shannon: may be. this is history we are watching so probably. kristen, thank you very much. and you re wondering tonight if ending the korean war will be addressed. technically concluded with a truce and never replaced by a formal peace treaty. let s talk about that. retired four-star general
kim jong un was referring to the president as a dotard, it s a tremendous advancement. let s take a listen. they sat down together. listen. i feel we are going to have a great discussion and tremendous success. will be tremendously successful. it s my honor, and we will have a terrific relationship i have no doubt. [speaking korean] translator: the old prejudices and practices worked