out of that in respect of arms control. how should do you think the u.s. approach denuclearization in this initial meeting? north koreans will not give up their nuclear weapons anytime in the near future, but president trump cannot admit that. so it will be aspirational. both parties will say we are working towards denuclearization, we are going to try to get rid of all nuclear weapons, but it won t be an immediate thing. they will have to be immediate objectives and i suspect some of those immediate objectives will include getting rid of those ballistic missiles that are capable of hitting the united states with nuclear weapons. that must be the main objective of the united states in these negotiations, to rid itself of that threat. and if president can come away from these negotiations or the process of negotiation with a time table that is medium term
include japanese abductees would be another example. biochem weapons, conventional weapons. it does get overcrowded. so i don t blame them for prioritizing denuclearization and security at the highest. one of the dangers of embracing kim jong-un as a statesman, veteran security experts warn that president trump, moon jae-in and their allies could lose sight of kim s ultimate objective, staying in power. and they worry the leaders kim is dealing with will look past the fact he ll do anything to stay in power, including possibly cheat on a nuclear deal or start a conflict. brian todd, cnn, washington. let s bring in patricia murphy. let s start where brian left off there. the president not talking about human rights with kim yong chol and just a maybe, that s as far as he ll go with a commitment to
doesn t plan on going to june 12 and signing a deal, this is a get to know you process. certainly the goal from the u.s. is to get all the weapons out of north korea, all those nuclear weapons. no indication of how quickly they think that could happen or how exactly they incentivize north korea to agree to that without a major concession like a troop drawdown or withdrawal from the korean peninsula which you ve heard u.s. officials say is not on the table when it comes to these negotiations concerning denuclearization. we know that those weapons are considered key to their survival, so the objective from u.s. officials has been to convince north korean leaders that the country is safer without its cache of weapons than with those weapons. a tough task and certainly the administration isn t laying out how they will accomplish that, they are just saying they are ready to go to the table with north korea even if all the details are not hashed out yet. looking at it from 50,000 feet righ
kim jong-un has been quite desperate. most important, he now has the weapons. he has the weapons. and he has the delivery system. so he feels more confident. fueling kim s confidence, the fact that the u.s., south korea and china have been willing to look past his egregious human rights violations. we did not talk about human rights. you re talking about 5 to 6 political prison camps. 120,000 men, women and children held in political prison camps, pursuant with system of guilt by association, induced malnutrition, torture, public executions, kresecret skrugss. a regime that s investing heavily in its tools of death. reporter: a record that a veteran diplomat says trump and his allies might have to look past to reach the ultimate objective. if we are to lower the agenda to include denuclearization, human rights, we then have to
120,000 men, women and children held in political prison camps pursuant to a system of guilt by association, induced malnutrition, torture, public executions, secret executions. you are talking about a regime that is investing heavily in its tools of death. reporter: a record that a veteran diplomat says trump and his ald llies might have to loo past to reach the ultimate objective. if we are to lower the agenda to include denuclearization, human rights, we d have to include japanese abductees would be an example, biochemical weapons, conventional weapons. it does get overcrowded. so i don t blame them for prioritizing denuclearization and security at the highest. one of the dangers of embracing kim jung-un as a states man, federal security experts warn that president trump, moon jae-in and their allies could lose sight of kim s