armistice. it wasn t just north and south korea that signed the armistice that ended the korean war, at least the hostility technically, it was china and the united states as well. in order to actually come up with that peace regime, a new peace treaty, you re going to need china and the united states in that mix. jim? no question. only china can put real economic pressure because china is their biggest trading partner. matt rivers, thanks very much there in beijing. any minute, the house intelligence committee s final report in the russia investigation could come public, but lawmakers have big concerns before they release it. what s going on here? um. i m babysitting. that ll be $50 bucks. you said $30. yeah, well it was $30 before my fees, like the pizza-ordering fee and the dog-sitting fee. and the rummage through your closet fee. are those my heels?
steps. paula hancocks near the demilitarized zone. this no longer at the white house, the president is praising the historic meeting between the koreas. claiming the u.s., quote, should be proud of the good things that are happening. cnn s abby phillip is live at the white house. abby, you saw the president on twitter this morning claiming something of a victory. reporter: that s right, jim. this is a big week for president trump. it s been building up for quite some time now. this morning he praised what you saw in those images last night and this morning, what he is calling progress on the peninsula. here is what he wrote. after a furious year of missile launches and nuclear testing, an historic meeting between north and south korea is taking place. good things are happening, but only time will tell. then he followed up with a second tweeting saying, the korean war to end, the united states and all of its great people should be very proud of what is taking place right now in kore
complete. kim jong-un saying he no longer needs to test the missiles. this comes just ahead of the meeting with south korea s president and his meeting with prufr. president trump. trump praised the move on twitter calling it big progress. ivan, what s the reaction there in seoul to kim jong-un s stunning statement? well, the government here has welcomed it saying that it s a positive move. it s probably going to help create a good atmosphere and environment for the north and south korean summit, which is going to take place in less than a week. the first ever meeting between kim jong-un and the south korean president and the south koreans say this could be good for the subsequent meeting, the location and time of which is yet to be determined, where president trump will be expected to meet with kim jong-un. it s surprising to me because north korea has worked so hard
viewed as a unifier on the peninsula, unifier and chief, if you will. i think he wants the president to give him the opportunity to sign some kind of document to say north korea ended the war and reunited the north and south korean families. fascinating that you just laid out four different items. mark the words, we ll see what comes as the negotiations move forward. i m sure when macron arrives in town, he ll talk about north korea as well. what else is on that agenda with the president and macron? i think macron has a lot on his plate. he s been seducing president trump for over a year now. but the politics have gotten much more complicated for macron. his approval rating has fallen to 40% in france. and president trump gets a 14% approval rating in france. so macron is going to want to go back home and say, he scored some wins. i think he ll probably start with russia. macron has not been a wilting flower on russia. he was standing next to vladimir putin last year and accused ru
second y south korean performers. the show wrapping up a four-day visit by a group of south korean artists. cnn s paula hancocks is live in seoul with more. good morning, paula. reporter: hello, rene. it was remarkable images. watching kim jong un applauding at a k-pop concert in pyongyang. we understand there should be another concert with north and south korean performers together. the interesting thing is state-run media said kim jong un was moved when he saw the people s reaction to the concert. bear in mind that north korean people are punished severely when they are caught watching south korean pop culture smuggled into the country. this is a remarkable turn. it was played on north korean television. although, as we understand it, the actual songs from the south koreans were not played apart