Rocket launches, Nuclear Testing or research. The hostages are back home with their families. Thank to chairman kim, our date togetherhistoric. Butthe deal hes bringiack withhim . Suret was a photo op for the ages, something no other president chose to do. But talking face to face that is ber than threatening. Its a lot better than the days of fire and fury, little rocket man in but will kim jongun evere up his weapons, thats the question. I may be wrong, i may stand before you in six months and say, hey, i was wrong, i dont know that ill ever admit that but ill find some kind of an excuse. So, his words not mine. Is there any surprise that the president who thinks of himself above all a show man, with pictures message with a movie, trailerstyle video, one created by the National Secure counsel. Two leaders. One destiny. A story about a special moment in time, when a man is presented with one chance that may never be repeated. What will he chose . To show vision, leadership, or not . C
Progress denuclearization. Weve got live reporting from singapore plus a great group of voices joining our conversation. Before that, a first look athe signing ceremony from earlier this morning. Just hours ago everybody after spending the day together President Trump and north Korean Leader kim jongun sat down to put pen to paper. Take a look. Were signing a very important document. Pretty comprehensive document and weve had a really great term together, a great relationship and were both very honored to sign the document. Thank you. Thank you very much. Everybody. Thank you. Reporter will you invite chairman kim to the white house. Absolutely i l. Reporter mr. Kim, would you like to come to washington . Thank you, thank you, everybody. Reporter mr. President , what surprised you the most about chairman kim . Great personality and very smart. Good combination. Reporter a worthy negotiator . A worthy negotiator. Hes negotiating on behalf of his people, a very worthy, very smart negotia
Flipping off canada and other democratic allies. Just how upside down is the world right now . Plus conflict of interest. How did ivanka President Trump made 82 million last year while shes simultaneously a white house adviser. Good afternoon and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the world lead and the stunning headlines americans woke up to today, President Trump and north korean dictator kim jongun shaking hands, sitting down and signing on to a joint agreement to work toward complete deduktization of the peninsula and it is history but it is unclear what this means for the future. Critics say that President Trump gave away a key concession. Stopping joint military exercises with south korea in exchange for only a vague promise from kim jongun that the rogue regime has broken many times before. Including at least four Nuclear Agreements dating back to 1985. President trump expressed his desire to remove all u. S. Troops from the peninsula though it is not part of any
I know, we were all watching. But imagine this kim jong un at the white house. Yes, President Trump said he would, quote unquote, absolutely extend the invitation to kim, perhaps to convey that these negotiations are just phase one of this entire process and that the ant signed by both leaders here was simply an agreement to keep working toward what President Trump describes as a, quote unquote, complete denuclearization of north korea, though the deal is short on concrete details. Trump insists that all he gave up is his time but he also announced hes ending decad of joint military exercises with south korea. Lets be clear, that is an enormous concession. Neverthelesshe president heaped trade on the man he once called little rocket man. He is very talented. Anyone who takes over a situation lik he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it and run it tough you trust him. I do trust him, yeah. Really hes got a great personality. Hes a funny guy. Hes a very smart guy. Hes a great nego
Disarmaments . The president isw. Thent statement does not say that and i am quoting, to work toward complete denuclearization of korean p peninsula. Halting joint military exercises with our allies. Something the president refers to as war games. We will be stopping the war games unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going a like it should. But well be saving a tremendous amount of money plus i think it is very provocative. That came as a surprise in seoul. Andompeo is on its way there. Senator marco rubio says or going overboard. Take a look at what President Trump has said about kim jongun over the past 24 hours. The same man he was calling little rocket man a few months ago. Great personality, very talented. Great personality and very smart. Good combination. Funny guy. Loves his people. Loves his country. Very smart guy. Weve had a really great term together and great relationship. Great negotiator. I think he wants to do a great job for north korea. Wants to do wh