trump will go to is a different one that president obama, president bush and clinton visited in their time. it was a tense moment. in the truce village, which is where we re expecting for them possibly to meet, that s where president moon jae-in stepped over, those soldiers are no longer armed. you used to have the north and south korea soldiers facing off against each other. the helmets are gone. the guard posts have been shut up. there will be no weapons there whatsoever. it s a completely different atmosphere. that s one of the steps that has meaning. no steps taken on denuclearization, hemming in the nuclear program. it was notable to me when president moon standing alongside president trump as they announced this historic meeting to come wassaying he wa maker of peace, he praised the courageousness of the two leaders, both trump and kim and he said that president trump
relationship with the leaders, not necessarily the countries. you mentioned human rights abuses because the president also cited the return of u.s. hostages as a sign of the benefits of goodwill, seeming to forget that otto warmbier, the american, was returned brain damaged and as it would turn out moments from death. that is not of course the return that his parents wanted for their son. and they ve criticized the president for also seeming to take the north korean leader s side when he denied any knowledge or involvement in that death. regardless, though, and credit where credit is due, we will in a short time, within the next two hours, see something that s never been seen before. and that is a meeting between a sitting u.s. president and the sitting north korean leader, kim jong un. it will take place just behind us here inside the dmz at the truce village, which marks the very point dividing north and south korea for these 66 years since the end of the korean war. we re going to
liberal. when he came into office, he wants peace on the korean peninsula. that is something he has campaigns for all along, and then obviously we saw that incredible moment last year when he stepped across the military demarcation line at the dmz, and embraced kim jong un. it was an incredibly special moment, something that obviously donald trump is looking to replicate today. as we noted a short time ago, we can now confirm that president trump has arrived. his helicopter has landed at the joint security area known as the jsa at the demilitarized zone, a short distance away from where the president landed and where soon, we re told, the meeting will take place between kim jong un and president trump. we should note for context here what this meeting is and what it is not. it is a face-to-face, certainly a handshake, perhaps a remarkable scene of a u.s. president stepping across the border into north korea. it is not a formal negotiation,
the north korean leader. we learned the meeting would become a reality a short time ago, announced by the president of south korea, moon jae-in. here is the moment he let the world know that this meeting would happen. . translator: the united states and north korea will be meeting in panmunjom, for the first time in history, the leaders of the united states and north korea will be standing face-to-face in panmunjom, the symbol of division and make handshakes for peace. we continue to communicate and engage with each other in dialogue, we can move towards the best situation. this is something that we ll be able to see for ourselves today. south and north will be able to become confident about peace and the world will provide their support and cheer on president trump and chairman kim with high expectation. president moon went on to call president trump a maker of peace. we should note that president trump just moments away from
the south korean president has joined him and we re waiting where shortly where the north korean dictator, kim jong un will join them for this historic moment, this unpress dented moment of a hand shake between the two. paula, as i ve noted before in 24 broadcast, you have been to this location here where this will take place. cry it to our viewers. describe the array of forces there. describe what it looks like and the history behind it. that was the observation post that we saw the president at with president moon jae-in. that gives you a good overlook of the whole of the dmz and into north korea. it will be a short drive down to the truce village where we assume he ll meet with kim jong un. this is an area where in the past we ve seen north and south korean soldiers face off against