0 official, i asked him if president putin is directing this himself. and he said yes, that is how it is going. that is not surprising. we know that president putin makes all of the decisions. in the end, he will have had advice from that small clique around him, that ultimately he is the decision-maker. and another element of his televised address, which to reiterate, if russians will be stunned by. waking up and seeing now, another man from that televised address, which is chilling frankly. is that president putin requires russian s nuclear capability. and clearly, openly threatens western leaders. even after the collapse of the ussr, losing a significant part of the nuclear potential. today, russia is one of the most nuclear powers. and he says, i think that this is a direct message to the west. in this regard, no one should have any doubt that a direct attack on russia will lead to defeat and dire consequences for a potential aggressor. and so, i just want to say all, just before t
attack. do you have confidence in gina haspel? i disagree with things they tell. time will prove me right, probably. later, there was a reversal. completed a great meeting with the intel team. what they said was mischaracterized by the media. i suggest you read the complete testimony from tuesday. we are all on the same page. well, we checked the tape. when it comes to threats like north korea, not only are they reading off different pages, it s not the same book. things are going well with north korea. we have made a lot of progress as far as denuclearization is concerned. north korea will seek to retain the wmd capabilities. it is unlikely to give up nuclear capabilities. no rockets flying, no missiles flying.
ridiculous. as i said about 1,000 times, you have no rockets flying, no missiles flying, no nuclear testing. you have nuclear closings. closing up different areas of north korea. we re getting the remains back. it s already started, of our great heroes. we have our hostages back. i didn t pay $1.8 billion like the previous administration. we got i paid nothing. but i have agreed to meet. and i have agreed to spend time. but how long has it been since we left singapore? it was three months or so. and people say that s the media saying like how could we be negative? he s done really well. how can we be negative? are you disappointed with the speed? i think the speed is amazing. new nuclear tests, no rockets, and we have a very good relationship with chairman kim, which is very important. i like him, he likes me. the relationship is good.
it s amazing the way the media says for 80 years they couldn t do a thing, and what are we in, three month os of negotiations? it s ridiculous. you have no rockets flying. you have no missiles flying. you have no nuclear testings. you have nuclear closings, closing up different areas of north korea. are we getting the remains back, it s already started, of our great heroes. we got our hostages back, and i didn t pay $1.8 billion like the previous administration. i paid nothing. but i have agreed to meet, and i have agreed to spend time, but how long has it been since we left singapore? it was three months or so, and people say that s the media saying like how can we be negative. lets see, he s done really well. how can we be negative. are you dispointed with the speed. i think the speed is amazing. you have no nuclear tests, no rockets, and we have a very good
white house. boris, thank you for that. cnn political analyst and professor at princeton university, julie zelzer and senior analyst savannah dinegrab. things are starting to come together. what s your take now? my take is we re definitely better off than we were before. we don t have rockets flying, so that s good. but i think john bolton has placed some cold water on the president s statements that kim is an honorable man and being very open in these negotiations. and we have to be very wary of shiny objects right now. kim is saying, okay, we re going to stop nuclear tests, we re going to close down this facility. we have to ask why he s doing this. it s not an olive branch. he s taking these steps and making these pronouncements because he said we don t need