You can relate better than most. You know what it feels like to take it all in. Im reminding of the last straight and going to cuba and soaking it all up. So to be here on the cusp of perhaps real history. Not just history for the u. S. And north korea but history nor the world is really quite something. As you pointed out, some of the leadership from north korea making their way to the white house. Kim young chul coming here not long ago. Theyve been in the oval office for the better part of 35, going on 40 minutes. A lot of that is interpretation time. Something is said, you want for interpreters. Something else is said in reply. You wait for interpreters. I dont want people to read too much into the length of the current meeting. I can tell you this theyre looking at this with the greatest of optimism. You saw john kelly, the chief of staff was there to greet Kim Young Chul and john bolton. Theyre in the Oval Office Meeting with the president as we speak. Our colleague, john roberts
The president said it was a nice letter, an interesting letter but he wouldnt say what was in it. He said it led to a twohour conversation with the North Koreans. The president said he thinks kim jongun is committed to getting rid of his nukes. Lets get to the chief white house correspondent, john roberts. Hes live on the north lawn. John, you were in the pool. He said its confusing. He said the letter was interesting but he said he didnt open the letter. Did he . He said he did not open the letter, which is interesting. He said at the beginning, nice letter. Towards the end, he said i havent opened it yet. He made maybe ill get a big surprise. But i asked the president where the state of relations between the United States and north korea are as of 3 00 eastern time on june 1. He said he thought that they were good. Certainly a lot better than they have been between the United States and north korea over the decade. Meeting with Kim Young Chul for about an hour and 15 minutes. Far lon
Verifiably and irreversibly, for that to take place, we have to make bold decisions and im hopeful that chairman kim jongun is able to make that decision for his country a big shift in a strategic understanding of his security. So you said that the president is prepared to talk about security guarantees for north korea. We have seen in this administration that you can when new administrations come in, they can undo things that prior administrations have done. How can President Trump guarantee longterm security for north korea . And for kim in particular. Look, well have to do things to convince chairman kim that that is the case. Thats what well have to do. Let me give you an example. Were hopeful that we will put ourselves in a position where we can do something the Previous Administration didnt do. They signed a flimsy piece of paper and we hope to submit a document that congress would have a say in that would give currency and elongation to the process that when administrations chan
Hes a former spy boss for north korea and a former fourstar general. Hes a close and trusted confidant of kim jongun. He arrived this afternoon on j. F. K. Airport an an air china airliner. There were five others in his delegation. The u. S. Granted Kim Young Chul a sanctions travel waive tore make this trip. Moments ago he entered his motel, which is a few blocks from the u. N. Its used for foreign delegations. As for the meetings with mike pompeo, there are multiple meetings that are set. If a few hours time, the two men will sit face to face and have dinner. They have met twice before. What they will discuss about the Nuclear Program is not entirely clear. But i can tell you that in addition to what is happening here in new york, maria, theres two other meetings this week taking place overseas between the u. S. And north korean delegations in sing pore, theyre discussing the logistics of a possible summit and in the dmz, theyre discussing the components of a possible agenda for a pr
Seems everybody is writing them these days. The latest . The latest one from the fired fbi director Andrew Mccabe that wrote one about firing james comey who stay with me here wrote secret memos about the president. Most importantly, today bears, where they do not belong. Please remove yourself from the back yard pond, mr. Bear. That is not for you. Lets get to it. Well, its all coming together now, is it not . Its a bleeping golden day on planet blago. The former disgraced governor Rod Blagojevich could soon be free to fly wherever he chooses to, not just about the fox news deck. President trump saying hes reporting computing blagos prison sentence. Not only that, the president says hes thinking about pardoning Martha Stewart. He did pardon a conservative author, Dinesh Dsouza. For now, lets focus on blago. Hes behind bars for 2024 for trying to sell president obamas senate seat. Again, he tried to sell the senate seat of the former president. The feds reported him discussing it thank