charges are very lely in this case and we don t know when exactly. but they ve made it clear they believe that there are financial crimes and things that they can prove right now even though they haven t gone through what is 3 million items documents that are in the items that were seized by the fbi in that raid just a few weeks ago. so the fbi and the prosecutors in manhattan seem to think they have enough evidence to bring charges against michael cohen even without seeing all of that. evan perez, thanks very much for that report. the president is back from his summit with kim jong-un proclaiming that the nuclear threat has now passed. let s go to our white house correspondent pamela brown. isn t it early for thesi to be declaring victory? what is the latest. reporter: well if history is any indication, it does appear premature. i ve been speaking to white house officials today who, while they are cautiously optimist. they realize the u.s. has been in this position before
it can lash out at south korea and japan basically with impunity. while kim s propaganda machine does mention denuclearization, it sells it as an agreement that both sides will give up nuclear capabilities on the korean peninsula. as a self-professed member of the nuclear club, tyl go to zern the rest of the world goes to zero. coming up, breaking news, president trump s long time personal lawyer michael cohen is splitting with his own legal team.
robert mueller? well there is no way for me to know that or be able to tell. i m obviously not an attorney and i don t talk with michael cohen but i would say everyone should cooperate with the special counsel so we can get this over and done with. the best thing that we can do is be able to get the facts out and get the facts on the table and make a good decision and move and best for the president and the presidency if we get this resolved. and it is interesting that michael flynn and rick gates, they both changed their lawyers just before flipping and cooperating with robert mueller. we ll see what happens with cohen. let s turn to north korea. a subject you know well. the president said the north korean nuclear is now over. his words. but kim jong-un still has all of the weapons. he has a missile and intercontinental ballistic missiles and as many as 60 nuclear bombs is the president handing north korea leverage by making that kind of unfounded claim while negotiations are clea
success. translator: kim jong-un said that today both side came together to sign the historic joint statement, heralding a new start. photos of what it calls a meeting of the century. service, more glowing rhetoric e saying president trump appreciated that an atmosphere of peace had been created, quote, thanks to the proactive peace loving measures taken by the supreme leader from the outset of this year. among the highlights, a huge win for kim that president trump has agreed to end the military exercises with south korea that the north has seen as a provocation. i think it s predictable that they did spin it this way. this was a tremendous political victory for kim jong-un. aside from individual concessions, kim s most important win from the summit meeting, expoerts say, could be his largest domestic victory with north korea s people and inside the halls of influence in pyongyang. he was able to show his people that he s respected as a world leader, that the north
once again our breaking news, north korean news reports that kim jong-un understood ent trump that sanctions against north korea will be lifted as progress is made from dialogue and negotiations. it s part of a much different story north koreans are telling about the summit. let s go to cnn s brian todd. reporter: one analyst, a former american diplomat who negotiated with the north koreans just told me, quote, kim jong-un stole trump s watch, wallet and shoes. it was awful. tonight while president trump spins it a different way, there s still no hitch in kim s swagger. [ speaking foreign language] projected on large screens in downtown pyongyang, north korea s iconic anchor woman proclaims kim jong-un s summit with donald trump a resounding