about a complete, verifiable, irreversible destruction of wmd, starting with nuke and dmd. bill: greg palkot back in london home. good day to you. we understand a big shake-up in the north korean military. is that all about, greg? hi absolutely. there has been some real housecleaning at the upper ranks of north korea s military brass in advance of the trump/kim summit which you noted. various sources today are confirming that north korean leader kim jong-un has replaced his defense chief, his chief of the general staff of the army, as well as the director of the army s powerful politico bureau all with folks more loyal to him, less conservative, a bit younger. they re all still in their 60s or so. there has been some grumbling in the ranks over plans with kim meeting with president trump and commit to some form
it could. president trump knows north korea with a nuclear weapon makes the entire world less stable and safe. with their ballistic capacity to hit the united states. the president knwe need peace and stability abroad if we want security at home. he is doing the right thing but he is willing to walk away if that happens. i think walking away from the iran deal was a big part of this. north korea can t show up and say we want the same deal that iran has where inspections when we want them. keeping the missiles. the president was right and i think that set the stage for this. sandra: pieces of puzzle coming together you re saying. as far as a victory for this administration and your party, how big would this be to have this sit-down happen? it s big already. it is important for north korea, too, to come to the table and long-term it s most important for them to get rid of their nuclear weapons if they want to be engaged in a world economically. it will be better for them. the presi
korean leader to declare an unofficial end to the korean war. so far as we know, there has been a truce ending that decades-long confrontation. that is, bill, if kim jon can fit it into his dance card. there has been talk of a meeting maybe later this year with syrian president assad and new talk of perhaps a summit between kim jong-un and russian president putin. so we ll see. bill: thank you, greg palkot. the latest from london. sandra: meanwhile another big story we re following today. president trump issuing a very strong defense of his trade policy ahead of a g-7 summit e the u.s. could find itself isolated on trade and tariffs. the idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the united states is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable. i don t think we re satisfied yet that they will protect or uphold all the shipments of steecoming into canada from around the world.
you had 2,000 of the top clerics in afghanistan under one big tent near the university. ast theyhad issued a fore the religious order. first of all calling for the taliban to answer calls for peace talks with the afghan government and they ordered th all g especially suicide bombs were forbidden in islam. they were hit by a suicide bomber before the clerics started filing out of the tent and near the gate to the university. police say if the bomber had penetrated firmer the devastation would have been both the taliban and isis have been stepping up their attacks in afghanistan as they generally do in thspring. however, top u.s. general in afghanistan john nicholson says the taliban and afghan government have been holding secret talks. bill. back to you. bill: thank you, mike tobin the latest from the middle east. sandra: 500 days in to president trump s term. a top republican guing the beis t to c i m proud of this republican
to social issues such as abortion. the president has taken the standard republican position on those issues. on two issues, immigration and trade, he has strayed from republican orthodoxy but we don t know what the outcome of those will be yet and at l clear where that will end up. but it is not clear to me that the republican party has undergone a transformation under trump as john boehner s comments suggested. sandra: for those who missed them, here was the speaker s words from last week. listen. there is no republican party. there is a trump party. republican party has taken a nap somewhere. elections are while off. they re won or lost based on who shows up to vote. trump s people showed up and hillary s didn t. i think the most interesting question about that is whether that was a virgin mary at his side or a bloody mary.