the leaders of north and south korea are currently holding their third summit. kim jong-un was greeted by noon jay in wi moon jae-in with a jovial hug. according to seoul, the summit is focusing on several topics, mainly efforts to denuclearize the korean peninsula, something various officials and the uns.n say north korea is not taking steps to achieve. still ahead, new poll numbers showing democrats with the upper hand in senate races
next to each other, delay of exercises without getting anything in return. defended the dramatic breakthrough which could save millions of lives, this was the beginning of the process. we are now going to start the process of denuclearization of north korea and i believe he is going back and started virtually immediately. ceasing military exercises with south korea. we will not be doing the wargames as long as we are negotiating in good faith. that is good for a number of reasons in addition to which we save a tremendous amount of money. reporter: secretary of state pompeo going to seoul and beijing, working hard building the team to achieve
and if as part of the process we had a peace treaty finally between north and south korea. that could include limits on conventional weapons, the 25,000 or so rocket 2xs pointed to seoul. if that one thing was done not denuclearization, and i think as the governor said, there s a range of things to flow from this. you have to be smart and careful. certainly a few days away. see how all that have plays out. great to have both of you with us. coming up, from roseanne to a controversial new member of donald trump s team, is islam phobia alive and well in america? and a tale of two different personalities and a tale of two different media outlets, a different version of we said they said is next. (vo) what if this didn t
no national security adviser because h.r. mcmaster was on the way out. john bolton was not yet there. we have no ambassador to seoul and we have no envoy for the north korean issue. so mike pompeo, yes, he has the trust of the president. but he was really the only person standing when it came to deal with. but look, mike pompeo has taken on a diplomatic role which is not a role he has taken on in the past with north korea. in the past he has spoken of separating kim jong-un from his nuclear weapons arsenal, including potentially with the use of force. he has joked about potentially assassinating kim jong-un. so he is not someone who really plays the part of a diplomat all that well. the question will become whether he can make that transition. i have profound doubts and profound concerns about him at foggy bottom. but it sounds like we re all going to get a chance to see it for ourselves. all right, mieke eoyang, jeffrey lewis, ned price, great conversation. thank you. still ahead,
off into the distance and try to improve relations. i m not against that per se, but it s not clear to me that the president understands that s what he is doing. and when he figures it out, what s he going to do? is he going to sign the peace treaty or freak out and turn the keys over to bolton? ned, do you have confidence, trust in mike pompeo to navigate this? well, look, mike pompeo has been at the tip of the spear with this. but in many ways he has been there because it s been the process of elimination. we have had no secretary of state over that time period. over the easter weekend we had no national security adviser because h.r. mcmaster was on the way out. john bolton was not yet there. we have no ambassador to seoul and we have no envoy for the north korean issue. so mike pompeo, yes, he has the trust of the president. but he was really the only person standing when it came to deal with. but look, mike pompeo has taken on a diplomatic role which is not a role he has taken