kim? i think it is real. i don t see this as a propaganda coup for kim. i like how president moon has taken control here. it s good to have the peninsula talks, the talks between the two koreas. they have already reactivated the military hotline as a result of those talks, a few weeks ago. so i think this is moon s chance to give an olive branch, but also to control the narrative around north korea s participation in the olympics. eric: how does he do that? well, i think he has it on his side at this point. look, moon has done what s really important. he went ahead and deployed the missile defenses even with all the squawking from china. but he is extending this olive branch out to them, and i think by letting them participate, they have marched together before in previous olympics. they ve done some joint work together. and this allows them to go ahead and have this olympics and south korea is the good cop, while the u.n., the u.s., china, etc., maintain the military pressure and
through. the talks, there is a new military hotline. the promise of new military talks. this is all limited in time and limited in scope. as you say the money north korean delegate made it clear north korea has nuclear weapons. they are aimed at the united states. so even yesterday hess trying to woo south koreans, break alliance with america. trying to drive that wedge between south korea and the americans. yes, president moon for now is happy to dance with north korea if you like t. worry here and in walk, where is that dance leading? yeah, seemingly it seems just for the time being. thank you. coming up next on morning joe, more on the goings over a deal with daca following president trump s sit-down with the white house. it s the fate of thousands of young undocumented immigrants
a lot of build up and anticipation to this meeting. what can you tell us about how it all played out earlier? reporter: good morning, ayman, these talks would have seemed unthinkable some months ago. they have yielded some modest results. north korea says it wants to send and will send a team to next month s winter olympics that begin if a month in pyeongchang in south korea. the two sides have also talked about reopening a military hotline that s been closed. that s the second hotline that s been reopened in well just about a week and south korea has suggested reunited families that were separated by the korean war decades ago. so real results there. this is where the talks are not just really about sport, because you know, yes, north korea, for the first time in eight years
olympics for eight years, so it will send a large delegation of athletes. it hopes the ioc will give a lot of the athletes a wild card. it will also send taekwondo officials and journalists. and officials will get a free pass into south korea also, it seems. and a couple things away from sport that were decided, a military hotline has been reopened. remember, that s the second cross-border hotline that has been open again. and also perhaps quite significantly, the two sides have agreed to have military talks that would be intended to reduce tension and prevent future conflict. remember, this these talks today may have been mostly about figure skaters, but of course in the background is the nuclear crisis. so talks between the two koreans at some time in the future about reducing tension.
him, despite whatever, you know, parameters they put on this. david gregory, anna palmer, thank you for being here. breaking news right now just in to our newsroom. north and south korea announcing moments ago they ve agreed to hold military talks after meeting for the first time face-to-face in two years. will ripley is on the ground there. he joins us live near the dmz. all the breaking details. what have you learned, will? reporter: it s really been a remarkable day here on the korean peninsula, alisyn. when previous talks like this have taken place, it s taken weeks to hammer out the kind of agreements they agreed to today. as you mentioned, upcoming military talks on easing tensions. north korea has agreed to send a high-level delegation got olympics, including tae kwon do, cheering section, and a long dormant military hotline. they announced that today even though it happened almost a week