other publicly. so trump does this extreme good cop and extreme bad cop routine. it s a mixed message to north korea. he s both cops. correct. is it effective? that s the question. this is all mixed together. he s trying to set a precedent with iran that will increase the leverage with north korea. he just called someone honorable who allegedly has killed his own brother. three americans are in prison today in north korea. many people say it should be a pre-condition for the talks. there are things to demand before the talks begin instead of platitudes. david rhodes, appreciate it. thank you. we have a winner to fill in an arizona house seat and why are the losers celebrating? just a reminder, be sure to watch the james comey town hall moderated by anderson cooper at 8:00 p.m. tonight only on cnn.
welcoming this development even though there are those who caution him and say that north korea could be posturing here. they could be trying to buy some time. but, again, the president welcoming this news as a great positive step, he says. toluse, what are we hearing from the white house about what has to happen before that summit takes place? i recall the joint press conference with shinzo abe and president trump, mark landler reported for the new york times, asking the president about these three americans who are still being held in north korea. mike pompeo, the cia director, made this secret trip to north korea. evidently didn t secure their release on that trip. doesn t seem like that s the pre-condition. what has to be in place for this to happen? as jeff says, we re hashing out where it s going to be, when it s going to be, and all of that. is it your sense there are any pre-conditions here? my sense from talking to officials within the white house is president trump real
pre-condition. wouldn t these human rights abuses be a nonstater. would it be difficult to negotiate on these terms? i think so. but i do think it s right to demand that they be released. but the overall problem with this situation is the spontaneous way in which it took place. the fact that he had no preparation, there have been no discussions, his poor secretary of state was over in africa saying the exact opposite and so that is the underlying problem. it clearly wasn t thought out and since it happened that way, there certainly needs to be planning and advice from the people who are experts in the area. again, as a member of the foreign affairs committee, you would know a lot of things. i would say that sarah huckabee sanders, she indicated this was something in the works for about a year, at least the topic under discussion at the white house. but you re smiling. i don t think anybody believes that. i was putting it out there. let s go to the russia
game successfully. finally, we have a president whose willing to stand up and make this regime conform to a global standard. david: i don t know what word best describes kim jong-un. i was thinking of madman, but that s almost too kind because he s just, he seems to be in his right mind when he commits his murders, and of course, one of those was otto warmbier who the tragic story of his family trying to cope with what happened to their son. there are three americans still held hostage by the north korean s. should their release be a pre- condition for anything that happens that would be considered positive for north korea? return of american hostages is an absolutely essential concept that should be on the table. i m going to trust the administration as they have done something that has not been done at least in recent history and that is to bring kim jong-un to the table and what they are
she did say that. they agreed to the may time line for this meeting. it certainly raised a lot of questions with her seeming to give hit the pre condition. and she said north korea committed to denuclearizing for this meeting which is go not what the south korean adviser said on the lawn of the white house. he said they committed to denuclearization overall. not that it was a pre condition. but a lot of people say sarah sanders is walking back the agreement. that it wouldn t have happened unless there were concrete actions. yesterday they never said what concrete actions they would like of the so we reached out to the white house. they said the invitation still